fodder

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 \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
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").
    

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