FODDER

fodder

(noun) coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

fodder

(verb) give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

fodder (countable and uncountable, plural fodders)

Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

(historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.

(slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.

(figurative) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.

(cryptic crosswords) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.

Synonyms

• (animal food): forage, provender

• (cartload): See load

Hyponyms

• (cartload): See load

Verb

fodder (third-person singular simple present fodders, present participle foddering, simple past and past participle foddered)

(dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).

Anagrams

• forded

Source: Wiktionary

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Fod"der, n. Etym: [See 1st Fother.]

Definition: A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 [Obs.]

Fod"der, n. Etym: [AS. fdder, fddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. fda food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. fr, Sw. & Dan. foder. sq. root75. See Food Land cf. Forage, Fur.]

Definition: That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Fod"der, v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foddered (-drd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.]

Definition: To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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