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forages

UK/ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ.ɪz//ˈfoɹ.ɪd͡ʒ.ɪz/

forages is the plural of forage.

Meaning of forage

Noun

forage (countable and uncountable, plural forages)

  1. Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
    • The hermit was apparently somewhat moved to compassion by the anxiety as well as address which the stranger displayed in tending his horse; for, muttering something about provender left for the keeper's palfrey, he dragged out of a recess a bundle of forage, which he spread before the knight's...1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....
  2. An act or instance of foraging.
    • He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (obsolete) The demand for fodder, etc., by an army from the local population.

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Questions about forages

What is forages the plural of?
Forages is the plural of forage.
How do you pronounce forages?
Forages is pronounced /ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ.ɪz/ (UK).

Words near forages in the dictionary

  1. foragemasters
  2. foragement
  3. foragements
  4. forager
  5. foragers
  6. forages
  7. foraging
  8. foragings
  9. Foraker
  10. forakers
  11. foralite

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