Definition of "forage" []

• Food for domestic animals; fodder. (noun)
• The act of looking or searching for food or provisions. (noun)
• To wander in search of food or provisions. (verb-intransitive)
• To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm. (verb-intransitive)
• To conduct a search; rummage. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A third of that is what they call forage fish - herring, anchovies, little things like that."
• "They work about as well as native softfin forage, but I have seen their use or release ruin a fishery."
• "Weight: 1/5 oz. Details: Crayfish are the main forage of our smallmouth."