fodder

fod·der

F0220400 (fŏd′ər)n.1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.2. Raw material, as for artistic creation.3. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply: romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.tr.v. fod·dered, fod·der·ing, fod·ders To feed with fodder.

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[Middle English, from Old English fōdor; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]

fodder

(ˈfɒdə) n1. (Agriculture) bulk feed for livestock, esp hay, straw, etc2. raw experience or material: fodder for the imagination. vb (Agriculture) (tr) to supply (livestock) with fodder[Old English fōdor; related to Old Norse fōthr, Old High German fuotar; see food, forage]

fod•der

(ˈfɒd ər)

n. 1. coarse food for livestock. 2. people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder. 3. raw material. v.t. 4. to feed with or as if with fodder. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English fodder] syn: See feed.

fodder

Past participle: foddered
Gerund: foddering

Imperative
fodder
fodder

Present
I fodder
you fodder
he/she/it fodders
we fodder
you fodder
they fodder

Preterite
I foddered
you foddered
he/she/it foddered
we foddered
you foddered
they foddered

Present Continuous
I am foddering
you are foddering
he/she/it is foddering
we are foddering
you are foddering
they are foddering

Present Perfect
I have foddered
you have foddered
he/she/it has foddered
we have foddered
you have foddered
they have foddered

Past Continuous
I was foddering
you were foddering
he/she/it was foddering
we were foddering
you were foddering
they were foddering

Past Perfect
I had foddered
you had foddered
he/she/it had foddered
we had foddered
you had foddered
they had foddered

Future
I will fodder
you will fodder
he/she/it will fodder
we will fodder
you will fodder
they will fodder

Future Perfect
I will have foddered
you will have foddered
he/she/it will have foddered
we will have foddered
you will have foddered
they will have foddered

Future Continuous
I will be foddering
you will be foddering
he/she/it will be foddering
we will be foddering
you will be foddering
they will be foddering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been foddering
you have been foddering
he/she/it has been foddering
we have been foddering
you have been foddering
they have been foddering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been foddering
you will have been foddering
he/she/it will have been foddering
we will have been foddering
you will have been foddering
they will have been foddering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been foddering
you had been foddering
he/she/it had been foddering
we had been foddering
you had been foddering
they had been foddering

Conditional
I would fodder
you would fodder
he/she/it would fodder
we would fodder
you would fodder
they would fodder

Past Conditional
I would have foddered
you would have foddered
he/she/it would have foddered
we would have foddered
you would have foddered
they would have foddered

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fodder - soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery firecannon fodder, fresh fishcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsoldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
	2.	fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal cropfeed, provender - food for domestic livestockeatage, forage, pasturage, pasture, grass - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattlealfalfa - leguminous plant grown for hay or foragehorse bean, broad bean - a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodderhay - grass mowed and cured for use as fodderstover - the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
Verb	1.	fodder - give fodder (to domesticated animals)feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

fodder

noun feed, food, rations, tack (informal), foodstuff, kai (N.Z. informal), forage, victuals, provender, vittles (obsolete or dialect) fodder for horses

Translations

饲料

fodder

(ˈfodə) noun food for farm animals. 飼料 饲料