Synonyms for forage
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
- v. 1
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
Related words
- Word family
- foray forager
- Phrases
- forage radish
Choose the right word
Forage denotes any kind of food suitable for horses and cattle, primarily as obtained by a military force in scouring the country, especially an enemy's country.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- grass The notice in the park said, "Keep off the grass."
- pasture The camels were peacefully grazing in the pasture.
- fodder That battalion over there? It's just cannon fodder.
- trawl Tom went to a charity shop to trawl through all the records they had for sale.
By length
- 4 letters
- food1, poke1
- 5 letters
- grass1, trawl
- 6 letters
- fodder2, eatage
- 7 letters
- pasture2, plunder2
- 8 letters
- scrounge1
- 9 letters
- pasturage, provender
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fodder2 = 2 syllables).