FORAGE Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word forage. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for FORAGE
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collect | verbv | |||||||
noun • a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England adverb • make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays adjective satellite • payable by the recipient on delivery verb • get or gather together • call for and obtain payment of • assemble or get together • get or bring together • gather or collect | ||||||||
gather | verbv | |||||||
noun • sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching • the act of gathering something verb • assemble or get together • collect in one place • increase in amount by collecting or gathering • conclude from evidence • draw together into folds or puckers • get people together • draw and bring closer • look for (food) in nature • increase or develop | ||||||||
graze | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a superficial abrasion • the act of grazing verb • feed as in a meadow or pasture • break the skin (of a body part) by scraping • let feed in a field or pasture or meadow • scrape gently • eat lightly, try different dishes | ||||||||
hunt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport • Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) • an instance of searching for something • United States architect (1827-1895) • the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone • British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) • the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts • the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport verb • pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) • pursue or chase relentlessly • chase away, with as with force • yaw back and forth about a flight path • oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent • seek, search for • search (an area) for prey | ||||||||
rummage | verbv | |||||||
noun • a jumble of things to be given away • a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) verb • search haphazardly | ||||||||
scavenge | verbv | |||||||
verb • clean refuse from • collect discarded material • feed on carrion or refuse • remove unwanted substances from | ||||||||
scour | verbv | |||||||
noun • a place that is scoured (especially by running water) verb • examine minutely • clean with hard rubbing • rub hard or scrub • rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | ||||||||
search | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone • an investigation seeking answers • an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property • the examination of alternative hypotheses • boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas verb • try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of • search or seek • inquire into • subject to a search | ||||||||
eatage | nounn | |||||||
noun • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | ||||||||
foraging | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of searching for food and provisions | ||||||||
grass | nounn | |||||||
noun • German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) • narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay • a police informer who implicates many people • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • street names for marijuana verb • shoot down, of birds • cover with grass • spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach • feed with grass • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
pasturage | nounn | |||||||
noun • succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | ||||||||
pasture | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle verb • let feed in a field or pasture or meadow • feed as in a meadow or pasture | ||||||||
scrounge | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • collect or look around for (food) • obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling |