The Only Use of
forage
in
The Glass Castle
- Brian and I became expert foragers.†
p. 172.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(forage) to search for and gather -- often food and provisions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely: Forage can imply taking other's food or supplies as when soldiers forage on nearby farms. As a noun, it can reference the items found. Finally, at times (especially in classic literature) it is used in reference plant material eaten by animals.