[responsivevoice]provender [/responsivevoice] [ prov-uh n-der ]
The word of the day is ‘provender.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Food
2. Animal fodder
3. A stock or supply of foods
4. Provisions
1. Hindi – Chaara
2. Spanish – Forraje
3. French – Fourrage
4. Mandarin – Sìliào
1. This store of provender aroused no enthusiasm at Stormfield.
2. We halted on the top to refresh ourselves with the provender we had brought.
3. Most of the loading of the waggon consisted of provender for our horses and mules.
4. But how the deuce should you know how to provender for gentlemen?
5. There’s no one to carry your provender in brown paper bags to the boot of your car.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
chow, feed, fodder, forage, grain, hay, oats, provisions, straw, viands, victuals, aliment, commissariat, nurture, silage, foodstuff etc.
glutton, lacks
Quotation:
Truly, a peck of provender to a bottle of hay: I could munch your good dry oats. Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay: good hay, sweet hay, Hath no fellow.
William Shakespeare
Social Example:
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