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.]

(PROV-uhn-duhr)

noun
1. Dry food used as livestock feed.
2. Food or provisions.

Etymology
From Middle English provendre, from Old French, alteration of provende, from Medieval Latin provenda, alteration of praebenda. Ultimately from Indo-European root ghebh- (to give or receive) that gave us give, debt, duty, habit, endeavor, able, inhibit, and malady

Usage
"Last year nearly 34,000 people were involved in the urban gardening program. It's an impressive figure to be sure, but according to the county agent, the very process of tilling and watering may be more important than the provender." — Joan Kaufman; The Greening of New York City; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Apr 23, 1985.

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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.

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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