fodder

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From the scarcity of rain this year, the fodder has been almost destroyed, and there is little hay from the winter.

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  1. noun Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
  2. noun Raw material, as for artistic creation.
  3. noun 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.
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  • Those who raided Cheshire had been considered sword fodder, except when the earl needed troops. —  MIDNIGHT MAGIC
  • The bosses are too much like the fodder, and with the exception of the tank, there's really no reason to prioritize or change tactics when they appear. —  planet rome.ro
  • To become Hell-fodder, a soul must have a pronounced and ineradicable streak of arrogance … —  National Review Online
  • This will lead to great competition between a few top teams, while all the other teams become cannon fodder --- > —  GameBattles News
  • This will lead to great competition between a few top teams, while all the other teams become cannon fodder --- > people not wanting to play L4D gamebattles = it dying This should be taken under consideration by everyone here because i have seen it happen. —  GameBattles News
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  1. Middle English, from Old English fōdor; see pā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English fodder, foddur, foder, fodder, from Anglo-Saxon fōdor (rare and improperly genitive dative fōthres, fōthre), fōddor, fōddus, food, especially for cattle, fodder, = Dutch voeder = Low German voder, voer = Old High German fuotar, Middle High German vuoter, German futter, food, fodder, provender, = Icelandic fōdhr = Swedish Danish foder, fodder; the same, but with different suffix, as Anglo-Saxon fōda, English food: see food. Hence ult. forage, foray.
  2. from Middle English fodderen, fotheren, from Anglo-Saxon *fōdrian (implied in deriv. fōdrere, fodderer, forager) = Dutch voederen = Low German vodern, voren = German füttern = Icelandic fōdhra = Swedish fodra = Danish fodre, fodder; from the noun.
 

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