provender

n.

1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.
2. Food or provisions.

[Middle English provendre, from Old French, alteration of provende, from Vulgar Latin *prōvenda, alteration (influenced by Latin prōvidēre, to provide) of Late Latin praebenda; see prebend.]

noun

Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.

IN BRIEF: Food.

Despite the blizzard being their biggest problem, the cattle still needed provender for their basic needs to be met.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: food for domestic livestock
  Synonym: feed

Meaning #2: a stock or supply of foods
  Synonyms: commissariat, provisions, viands, victuals

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - foder, mad

Nederlands (Dutch)
voeder, droog beestenvoer

Français (French)
n. - provende (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Futter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζωοτροφή, νομή

Italiano (Italian)
foraggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - forragem (m), alimento (m)

Русский (Russian)
фураж, жратва

Español (Spanish)
n. - forraje

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (djur)foder, mat (skämts.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粮草, 食物, 秣

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 糧草, 食物, 秣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여물, 꼴

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - まぐさ, かいば

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خليط من النبات تقدم كعلف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מספוא, מזון‬

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