Meaning of Forage | Babel Free
ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒDefinitions
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Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses. countable, uncountable
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An act or instance of foraging. countable, uncountable
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The demand for fodder etc by an army from the local population. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Equivalents
Examples
““The hermit was apparently somewhat moved to compassion by the anxiety as well as address which the stranger displayed in tending his horse; for, muttering something about provender left for the keeper's palfrey, he dragged out of a recess a bundle of forage, which he spread before the knight's charger.”
“To invade the corn, and to their cells convey The plundered forage of their yellow prey”
“He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.”
“Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.”
“‘My dears,’ he discourses to them — how he licks his gums, long toothless, as he speaks of his forages into the well-stored cellars: […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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