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• A garbologist forages through waste paper baskets in search of interesting documents.From the entry garbologist
• A few of the triodias are good forage grasses, but others are of little value.From the entry triodia
• We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.From the entry ryegrass
• The two ape bands went on to co-feed in the same tree, or forage alongside each other for different foods.From the entry co-feed
• He grubbed along on foraged berries and nuts.From the entry grub along
• Ovenbirds of various species are often members of mixed foraging flocks.2017 March 7, John Kricher, The New Neotropical Companion, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 298. From the entry xenops
• Why do dolphins sponge instead of foraging in a more "normal" way?2013, Pamela S. Turner, The Dolphins of Shark Bay, page 22. From the entry sponge
• As the young ruminant consumes forages, the reticulum, and particularly the rumen, develop rapidly.2013 [1966], Robert E. Hungate, The Rumen and Its Microbes, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 162. From the entry rumen
• Carangids may use DMSP as a cue to locate productive areas for foraging.2008, Jennifer Leigh DeBose, Investigating the Role of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) as an Aggregation Cue for Coral Reef and…. From the entry carangid
• Thus the opportunivore can forage either overtly or covertly, by asking up front or diving out back.2008 March, Matthew Power, “Mississippi drift: River vagrants in the age of Wal-Mart”, in Harper's Magazine. From the entry opportunivore
• Its four members lived on a diet of government-supplied corn and acorns foraged in nearby woodland.2005 June 14, Tony Banbury, “Hungry, and getting desperate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov…. From the entry Chagang
• Foraging by geomyids and ctenomyids is more generalized in that all portions of plants may be consumed.2000, Cristina Busch, C. Daniel Antinuchi, J. Cristina del Valle, Marcelo J. Kittlein, Ana I. Malizia, Aldo I. Vassallo, Roxana R. Zenuto…. From the entry ctenomyid
• We trapped the skunks or simply collected them as they foraged at night.1999, Donald B. Sparrow, Growing up on Cape Cod: Four Brothers Learning to Stand Tall, Eastham, Massachusetts: Great Oaks Publishing…. From the entry skunker
• The first extranidal task, a foraging trip, is performed after the second or third orientation flight.1991, Kenneth G. Ross, Robert W. Matthews, The Social Biology of Wasps, page 247. From the entry extranidal
• Smith, in his publication on fodder and forage plants for the U.S.1987, Hugh Nelson Mozingo, Shrubs of the Great Basin: A Natural History, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry winterfat
• Major uses that have been investigated include: forage and roughage (40), fenceposts, honeymaking, flooring, charcoal, and chemicals.1971 January, R.E. Meyer, H.L. Morton, R.H. Haas, E.D. Robison, T.E. Riley, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of…. From the entry honeymaking
• On the other end, the foraging summercater is attracted by the sign.1971, Sikeston Daily Standard, page 12. From the entry summercater
• He went back, foraging, and she heard him snapping off others.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Three Go Back. From the entry breakwind
• “Yakalos” breed true to type, are sturdy and able to forage for themselves, he said.1924 July 8, “Breed Yaks with Bison: New Animal Called Yakalo Good Beef Producer”, in Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, page 8. From the entry yakalo
• Unless the brushed areas are quickly seeded they grow up to weeds and are useless for forage.1919, John Swenehart, W. N. Clark, Land Clearing Contests Help Clear Land, page 10. From the entry brushed
• The larva stage of the child's mind demands much forage material.1910 November, “Teaching Pupils to Study”, in The Louisiana School Review, volume 18, number 3, page 132. From the entry larva
• When foraging slowly, pademelons usually move on all fours.2013, Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, Wildlife of Australia, page 32. From the entry pademelon
• No sound of songers chirping or jumbies, foraging for nuts.2012, Susan St. Francis, A Tale of the Bug Fairies. From the entry songer
• The Normans were putting it about that the Provençals were experts at foraging, to the neglect of fighting.2011, Conor Kostick, The Siege of Jerusalem: Crusade and Conquest in 1099, Bloomsbury, →ISBN. From the entry Provençal
• Dzeko was again involved, slipping a neat pass through to the foraging Toure, who poked a right-foot finish past Butt.2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport. From the entry resumption
• We all lived in small communities, hunted, and foraged.2009, Rob Dunn, Every Living Thing. From the entry shat
• This concentration is below phytoxic level but is recommended to protect animals from molybdosis because of excess Mo in forages.1990, Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers. From the entry molybdosis
• Kafir makes better forage than the duras.1914, Omar Orlando Churchill, Forage and Silage Crops for Oklahoma, page 10. From the entry kafir
• I am sorry to say that, contrary to the majority, I have to report that the forage rusted rather badly.1902 January 3, “Mapstone Oats: Further Experiences”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 22, page 688. From the entry rust
• The boy hunters had arrived at the wood grove, far off from the wary drove of hares, who resumed foraging cautiously, as before.2026, T.D. Motley, Planting and Painting the Landscape: A Sequel to The Art of Farming, Stoney Creek Publishing Group. From the entry drove
• If there were such a thing as an anticapitalist fruit, the pawpaw, commonly foraged in the wild and inherently resistant to commodification, might qualify.2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry pawpaw
• Wasps forage both visually and olfactorily.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 85. From the entry olfactorily
• Other suggestions are that it is used as a weapon in dominance disputes, or as a tool to push aside leaf litter during foraging.2011 Penny Olsen and Leo Joseph: Stray Feathers CSIRO Publishing Australia ISBN: 9780643103450. From the entry casque
• Seen traveling and foraging in noisy flocks of 5 to 30 or more birds, gleaning insects, eggs, and larvae from shrubs and trees.2006, “Bushtits [Bushtit: Psaltriparus minimus L]”, in Jonathan Alderfer, editor, National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: Washington &…. From the entry glean
• Like arctic foxes, siksiks forage in many areas of the tundra, but make their homes in places where the active layer is deep.2003, Cherie Winner, Life in the Tundra, Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry siksik
• Thomas et al. show that the animal is nocturnal with their foraging habits during the scotic phase after the onset of darkness.2001, BB Thomas, MM Oommen, “Constant light and blinding effects on reproduction of male South Indian gerbils”, in J Exp Zool. From the entry scotic
• Every year he cultivates several paddocksful of swedes, which in mid to late winter are uprooted; the sheep are then allowed to forage.1992, Elvin Hatch, “The Criterion of Farming Ability”, in Respectable Lives: Social Standing in Rural New Zealand, University of…. From the entry paddockful
• As no one had ever bothered them you could get within a few yards and watch their bright, busy foraging among the leaves.1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth. From the entry demesne
• Of the five trisetums in California only two species — nodding trisetum and spike trisetum — are abundant enough to be important forage producers.1950, Bulletin - California Agricultural Experiment Station, numbers 716-747, page 80. From the entry trisetum
• Wild tomatoes, which had gone to seed or been remorselessly hoed out from the beginning of Berande, were foraged for salads, soups, and sauces.1911, Jack London, Adventure. From the entry remorselessly

Meaning of forage

1. noun Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
2. noun An act or instance of foraging.
3. noun The demand for fodder, etc., by an army from the local population.

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How do you use forage in a sentence?

Forage is used as a noun and verb. For example: “A garbologist forages through waste paper baskets in search of interesting documents.”

What is a short sentence with forage?

“Wasps forage both visually and olfactorily.”

What does forage mean?

Forage means fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.