| forage | | |
| n. (food) | 1. eatage, forage, grass, pasturage, pasture | bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. |
| ~ fodder | coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop. |
| n. (act) | 2. forage, foraging | the act of searching for food and provisions. |
| ~ search, hunting, hunt | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. |
| v. (possession) | 3. forage, scrounge | collect or look around for (food). |
| ~ hunt, hunt down, track down, run | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).; "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" |
| ~ rustle | forage food. |
| v. (consumption) | 4. forage | wander and feed.; "The animals forage in the woods" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ prey, raven, predate | prey on or hunt for.; "These mammals predate certain eggs" |
| graze | | |
| n. (state) | 1. graze | a superficial abrasion. |
| ~ abrasion, excoriation, scratch, scrape | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. |
| n. (act) | 2. graze, grazing | the act of grazing. |
| ~ eating, feeding | the act of consuming food. |
| v. (contact) | 3. browse, crop, graze, pasture, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ range | let eat.; "range the animals in the prairie" |
| ~ pasture, graze, crop | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| v. (contact) | 4. graze | break the skin (of a body part) by scraping.; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| v. (contact) | 5. crop, graze, pasture | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| ~ grass | feed with grass. |
| ~ graze, browse, pasture, crop, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| ~ drift | drive slowly and far afield for grazing.; "drift the cattle herds westwards" |
| v. (contact) | 6. crease, graze, rake | scrape gently.; "graze the skin" |
| ~ brush | touch lightly and briefly.; "He brushed the wall lightly" |
| ~ shave | touch the surface of lightly.; "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
| v. (consumption) | 7. browse, graze | eat lightly, try different dishes.; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" |
| ~ nosh, snack | eat a snack; eat lightly.; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" |
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