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Antonyms for forage

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fawr-ij, for-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr-


Definition of forage

Origin :
  • early 14c. (late 13c. as Anglo-Latin foragium), from Old French forrage "fodder, foraging, pillaging, looting" (12c., Modern French fourrage), from fuerre "hay, straw, forage, fodder" (Modern French feurre) "fodder, straw," from Frankish *fodr "food" or a similar Germanic source (cf. Old High German fuotar, Old English fodor); see fodder). Military forage cap attested by 1827.
  • verb search madly for
Example sentences :
  • Forage for our horses is also abundant in all the neighboring plantations.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • It was a unique experience for cavalrymen and they had not yet learned how to forage.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
  • It is not so much the getting the forage as the amount of accounting that is involved.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • Torch had been put to the camp; all the Federal tents and forage and stores were burning.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • His eyes made just a glint of blue light below the forage cap.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • The expeditions after forage brought on what was called the Grass Fight.
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • At the bottom are six sacks of corn, for it may be that forage will run short.
  • Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
  • "Draw a good supply of forage for them from the magazines," De la Noue said.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • In the United States it is used as a forage plant and as a soil-improver.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • The force then retired, bringing in the baggage animals, loaded with forage.
  • Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty

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