forage

nouns

bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

eatage, forage, grass, pasturage, pasture

the act of searching for food and provisions

forage, foraging

collect or look around for (food)

forage, scrounge

is derived from

wander and feed

"The animals forage in the woods"

forage

is a type of (narrower)

take in food; used of animals only

"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"