fodder
To feed animalsTo feed animals (with fodder).
» The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
Die Soldaten wurden als Kanonenfutter betrachtet.
Солдат считали пушечным мясом.
Солдатів вважали гарматним м'ясом.
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal)To feed animals (with fodder).
give fodder (to domesticated animals)
Examples
14 sentencesThe soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
Солдатів вважали гарматним м'ясом. — Balamax
ruСолдат считали пушечным мясом. — Balamax
deDie Soldaten wurden als Kanonenfutter betrachtet. — Yorwba
His behavior provides fodder for comments.
Children were used as cannon fodder.
ruДетей использовали как пушечное мясо. — marafon
Children were used for cannon fodder.
ruДетей использовали как пушечное мясо. — marafon
The children were used as cannon fodder.
ruДетей использовали как пушечное мясо. — marafon
deDie Kinder wurden als Kanonenfutter benutzt. — MUIRIEL
Origin
From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-WesFrom Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
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Forms
fodders, foddering, foddered, fodderedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle