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Word entry · 6 letters

forage

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"Seek provisions"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aefgorStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of searching for food and provisions

Word origin

From Middle English forage, from Old French fourage, forage, a derivative of fuerre (“fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, to feed”).

Used in a sentence

  • To invade the corn, and to their cells convey / The plundered forage of their yellow prey
  • He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
  • [Charles] Mawhood completed his forage unmolested, and returned to Philadelphia.

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