fodder — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

1. Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Synonymes

   forageprovender

   Exemples

   The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.

2. A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • historique
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times.

3. Tracing paper.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • argot
   • indénombrable

4. Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • figuré
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   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.

5. The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   Plus d’exemples (2)

   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.

   Insane Roman! (4) […] Look in -sane Roman and you'll uncover NERO, the insane Roman. Dovetailing the signpost — in — with the hidden fodder — sane Roman — is inspired, an embedded style of signposting.

6. People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

   Usage

   • dénombrable
   • indénombrable

   Exemples

   Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.

   cannon fodder

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   The Russian government was not interested in who will pay the mortgage or take care of his pregnant wife. It simply wanted more fodder for its war.

Verbe

1. To feed animals (with fodder).

   Usage

   • dialectal

   Exemples

   Straw will do well enough to fodder them with

   "When I had foddered the horse, I went into the barn and took the handle of an old rake to chase the dog out with."

Nom

1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

   Synonymes

   cannon fodderfresh fish

   Termes génériques

   soldier

2. coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

   Termes génériques

   feedprovender

Verbe

1. give fodder (to domesticated animals)

   Termes génériques

   feedgive