Definition of forage

• n. - The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
• n. - Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.
• v. i. - To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
• v. t. - To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds.