Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
   forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
   fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
   futter. See {Fodder} food, and cf. {Foray}.]
   1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

            He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
                                                  --Shak.

            One way a band select from forage drives A herd of
            beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.      --Milton.

            Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.

   2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
      cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.

   {Forage cap}. See under {Cap}.

   {Forage master} (Mil.), a person charged with providing
      forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.

Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foraged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Foraging}.]
   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.

         His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to
         behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French
         nobility.                                --Shak.

   {Foraging ant} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ants of
      the genus {Eciton}, very abundant in tropical America,
      remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
      

   {Foraging cap}, a forage cap.

   {Foraging party}, a party sent out after forage.

Forage \For"age\, v. t.
   To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage
   steeds. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

forage
     n 1: animal food for browsing or grazing [syn: {eatage}, {pasture},
           {pasturage}, {grass}]
     2: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: {foraging}]
     v 1: collect or look around for (food) [syn: {scrounge}]
     2: wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"