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FORAGES Synonyms

There are 14 synonyms of the word forages. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the word forages. (close relations)
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scours
verbv
noun

• diarrhea in livestock

examines
verbv
verb

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

explores
verbv
verb

• inquire into

• travel to or penetrate into

• inquire into a subject in detail

• examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

hunts
verbv
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

probes
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

• an exploratory action or expedition

• an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

verb

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• examine physically with or as if with a probe

rummages
verbv
noun

• a jumble of things to be given away

• a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

verb

• search haphazardly

searches
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

ventures
nounn
noun

• any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

• an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

• a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit

verb

• proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• put at risk

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

Best Hypernyms For FORAGES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for forages, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (7)
hunt eat feed fodder hunting run search
Phrases (2)
hunt downtrack down

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