provender en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈpɹɒvəndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɹɒvɪndə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɹɑvəndɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.
Meanings
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(dated, uncountable, usually) Food, especially for livestock.
The farm which supplied to him ungrudging provender had all his vast capacity for work in willing exercise …
1859, George Meredith, chapter 12, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender, wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.
1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto CANTO 2.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:...and in a few moments would have had their hands on one hundred and eighty thousand dollars of gold, when from some cause unknown, they decamped leaving all their tools behind, together with provender for the seige.
1847, editorial staff, “Attempt at Robbery”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 66:Irregular, sporadic feeding and strange provender were beginning to take their toll, and I felt queasy at the thought of 'various curries' the Amat's clerk had promised for the first meal of the day.
1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:(...) hobbits were easy-going with their children in the matter of sitting up late, especially when there was a chance of getting them a free meal. Bringing up young hobbits took a lot of provender.
1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Chapter I, A long-expected party:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| provenders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
feed · food · comestibles · stodge · rations · provender · om nom nom · tiffin · eats · victuals · vittles · nosh · grub · tuck · nosebag · chow · bait · provisions · fodder · aliment · tucker · belly-timber · meat · nibbles · fodder · eatables · cuisine · foodstuffs · meals · sustenance · munchable · nourishment · edibles · scran · viands · kai
Translations (16)
ru корм (food, especially for livestock) · it approvvigionamenti (food, especially for livestock) · ro furaj (food, especially for livestock) · fi rehu (food, especially for livestock) · it pastone (food, especially for livestock) · ru фура́ж (food, especially for livestock) · it viveri (food, especially for livestock) · zza alef (food, especially for livestock) · fr provende (food, especially for livestock) · fi muona (food, especially for livestock) · it biada (food, especially for livestock) · bg фураж (food, especially for livestock) · ru зерно́ (food, especially for livestock) · it foraggio (food, especially for livestock) · oc provenda (food, especially for livestock) · ro nutreț (food, especially for livestock)