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fodder
English
Etymology
From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English f?dor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-Germanic *f?dr? (compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder), from *f?dô 'food', from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to guard, graze, feed”). More at food.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?d?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?(?)
- Hyphenation: fod?der
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.
- (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.
- (figuratively) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
- 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.
- (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[sic] the fodder and anagrind are *both* indirect.
- 2009, "Colin Blackburn", another 1-off cryptic clue. (on newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords)
Synonyms
- (animal food): forage, provender
- (cartload): See load
Hyponyms
- (cartload): See load
Derived terms
- cannon fodder
- jail fodder
- fodder radish
- background fodder
Translations
Verb
fodder (third-person singular simple present fodders, present participle foddering, simple past and past participle foddered)
- (dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).
- Straw will do well enough to fodder them with
Anagrams
- forded
Middle English
Alternative forms
- foddre, fodre, foder, fodyr, foddur, voddur
Etymology
From Old English f?dor. Doublet of fother.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fo?d?r/
Noun
fodder (uncountable)
- fodder
Descendants
- English: fodder
- Scots: foder, fodder, fother, fothir
References
- “fodder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-18.
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odder
English
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ?d??r, IPA(key): /??d.?/, [(?)???]
- Homophone: otter
- Rhymes: -?d?(r)
Adjective
odder
- comparative form of odd: more odd
Anagrams
- roded
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse otr (“otter”), from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). Cognates are Faroese otur, Icelandic otur, Norwegian Bokmål oter and Swedish utter. Compare Dutch otter and German Otter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?r/, [??ð??]
Noun
odder c (singular definite odderen, plural indefinite oddere)
- otter, Lutra lutra
- indefinite plural of odde
Inflection
See also
- Odder (dyr) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Old High German odar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?or?/
Conjunction
odder
- or
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
odder m
- indefinite plural of odde
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German oder.
Conjunction
odder
- or
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