fodder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fodder	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for fodder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fodder n soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire Synonym(s): cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop v give fodder (to domesticated animals)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, n. [See 1st {Fother}.] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19[frac12] to 24 cwt.; a fother. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, n. [AS. f[?]dder, f[?]ddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. f?da food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[?]r, Sw. & Dan. foder. [root]75. See Food Land cf. {Forage}, {Fur}.] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fodder \Fod"der\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Foddered} (-d?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foddering}.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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").