All 3 Uses of
forage
in
The One and Only Ivan
- After our show, humans forage through the stores.
p. 13.1forage = search for and gather desired things
- And for the most part, we were happy to do what we were meant to do: to feed and forage and nap and play.
p. 126.6 *forage = search for and gather food
- At night, lying alone in my Pooh pajamas, I felt hungry for the skilled touch of a grooming friend, for the cheerful grunts of a play fight, for the easy safety of my nearby troop, foraging through shadows.
p. 133.6foraging = searching for and gathering food
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.