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Webster 1913 Edition
Fodder
Fod′der
(fŏd′dẽr)
, Noun.
[See 1st
Fother
.] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19½ to 24 cwt.; a fother.
[Obs.]
Fod′der
(fŏd′dẽr)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Foddered
(fŏd′dẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foddering
.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fodder
FOD'DER
, n.1.
Food or dry food for cattle, horses and sheep, as hay, straw and other kinds of vegetables. The word is never applied to pasture.2.
In mining, a measure containing 20 hundred, or 22 1/2 hundred.FOD'DER
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
Fodder
fodder
fodder
See also: Fodder
English
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.
- 1598?, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona,Act I, scene I:
- The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.
- 1598?, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona,Act I, scene I:
- (historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168:
- Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168:
- (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.
- (figuratively) Something which serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
- 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
- According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.
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- (cryptic crosswords) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
- 2009, "Colin Blackburn", another 1-off cryptic clue. (on newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords)
- In (part of) Shelley's poem Ozymandias is a "crumbling statue". If this is the explanation then the clue is not a reverse cryptic in the same was[sic] as GEGS -> SCRAMBLED EGGS but a normal clue where where the fodder and anagrind are *both* indirect.
- 2012, David Astle, Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words
- Insane Roman! (4) […] Look in -sane Roman and you'll uncover NERO, the insane Roman. Dovetailing the signpost — in — with the hidden fodder — sane Roman — is inspired, an embedded style of signposting.
- 2009, "Colin Blackburn", another 1-off cryptic clue. (on newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords)
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (cartload): See load
Derived terms
Translations
food for animals
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Verb
fodder (third-person singular simple present fodders, present participle foddering, simple past and past participle foddered)
- (dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).