provender

«provender» in Mova's school dictionary: Food, especially dry food for horses and farm animals… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (provender – uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old-fashioned) Food, especially dry food for horses and farm animals, such as hay and oats. tree →

2) (humorous) Food for people. tree →

sense in the lessons

An old word that sounds grand and funny; in The Wind in the Willows the animals talk about good provender for a trip, and the horse pulling Toad's caravan needs provender. Today used for fun: «Bring plenty of provender for the picnic!»

examples

• The farmer stored provender for the horses in the barn. tree →
• The caravan horse needed provender and water. tree →
• «Let's see what provender is in the basket!» said the Rat. tree →
• The army carried provender for the horses. tree →
• We packed plenty of provender for the long walk. tree →
• The stable boy gave the ponies their evening provender. tree →

note

Uncountable. Old-fashioned: in everyday talk say «food» or «fodder».

In the corpora

• She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'
• They cut his provender in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «provender» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.