fodder

6 definitions found

fodder - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered
     (f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.]
     To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to
     furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
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  Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [See 1st Fother.]
     A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly
     sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother.
     [Obs.]
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  Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [AS. f[=o]dder, f[=o]ddor,
     fodder (also sheath case), fr. f[=o]da food; akin to D.
     voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan.
     foder. [root]75. See Food and cf. Forage, Fur.]
     That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay,
     cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
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fodder - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fodder
      n 1: soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of
           artillery fire [syn: cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish
           ]
      2: coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire
         plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
      v 1: give fodder (to domesticated animals)

fodder - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Fodder
  Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley
  (Lat. farrago), "made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat,
  barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown
  or given to cattle" (Job 24:6, A.V. "corn," R.V. "provender;"
  Isa. 30:24, provender").

fodder - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "fodder":
     barley, bed, bed down, bird seed, board, bran, bread, break,
     bridle, brush, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, curry,
     currycomb, dine, dog food, drench, eatage, ensilage, feed, forage,
     gentle, grain, grass, gratify, graze, groom, handle, harness, hay,
     hitch, litter, manage, mash, meal, meat, mess, milk, oats,
     pasturage, pasture, pet food, provender, provision, regale,
     rub down, saddle, satisfy, scratch, scratch feed, silage, slops,
     straw, sustain, swill, tame, tend, train, water, wheat,
     wine and dine, yoke