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forage 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈfôrij/,/ˈfär-/,
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forages, 3rd person singular present; foraging, present participle; foraged, past tense; foraged, past participle;
  1. (of a person or animal) Search widely for food or provisions
    • - gulls are equipped by nature to forage for food
  2. Obtain (food or provisions)
    • - a girl foraging grass for oxen
  3. Obtain food or provisions from (a place)
    • - a man foraging a dumpster finds some celery
  4. Supply (an animal or person) with food

Noun
  1. Bulky food such as grass or hay for horses and cattle; fodder

  2. A wide search over an area in order to obtain something, esp. food or provisions
    • - the nightly forage produces things that can be sold
  1. eatage: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
  2. scrounge: collect or look around for (food)
  3. foraging: the act of searching for food and provisions
  4. wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"
  5. Forage is plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and ...
  6. For bees, their forage or food supply consists of nectar and pollen from blooming plants within flight range. The forage sources for honey bees are an important consideration for beekeepers. ...
  7. Foraging theory is a branch of behavioral ecology that studies the foraging behavior of animals in response to the environment in which the animal lives. Foraging theory considers the foraging behavior of animals in reference to the payoff that an animal obtains from different foraging options. ...
  8. Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses; An act or instance of foraging. […] ”; To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses; To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes; To rummage
  9. (forages) plants grown for their leaves, stems, and roots and used as animal feed
  10. (foraging) collecting wild plants and hunting wild animals for subsistence.
  11. (foraging) roving the countryside in search of food, which was sometimes taken from farmers
  12. (foraging) the collection by bees of water, nectar, pollen, and propolis from their environment
  13. (Foraging) A recent study reported that wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops) in Western Australia use sponges to forage in the sea bed for food.[1]
  14. (FORAGING) Oxford: to forage between for and forasmuch. Loot; plunder. 1/ Said of bees that visit flowers to seek food for the hive. 2/ Gather. ...
  15. (Foraging) A term used for “living off the land,” as well as plundering committed by soldiers.
  16. (Foraging) Better term for hunting and gathering.
  17. (Foraging) The different behavior used by birds to find food. Basically there are two main categories of foraging: feeding from the air and feeding from a surface. Feeding from a surface can be classified as gleaning (Yellow-rumped Warbler), reaching (Little Blue Heron), hang gleaning, lunging. ...
  18. (Foraging) Trying to find something rare and valuable in an area where there isn’t much, like finding love in a desert.
  19. (foraging [n]) A system of food production based on hunting, fishing, and the gathering of wild plant foods.
  20. (foraging) Behavior necessary to recognize, search for, capture, and consume food. .
  21. (foraging) The act of looking for prey and feeding.
  22. (foraging) the act of gathering pollen and nectar from flowers by worker bees.
  23. Forage is used to conscript soldiers. Forage can be gained by occupying Farms and in Market.
  24. Small baitfish, crayfish and other creatures that bass or other predator fish eat. Term may also be used in the sense of bass actively looking for food (foraging).
  25. The component of the diet which is less energy dense and contains more fiber. This includes grasses, legumes and hays.