Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fodder
Participle: foddered
Gerund: foddering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fodder |
| you | fodder |
| he;she;it | fodders |
| we | fodder |
| you | fodder |
| they | fodder |
Perfect
| I | have foddered |
| you | have foddered |
| he;she;it | has foddered |
| we | have foddered |
| you | have foddered |
| they | have foddered |
Past
| I | foddered |
| you | foddered |
| he;she;it | foddered |
| we | foddered |
| you | foddered |
| they | foddered |
Pluperfect
| I | had foddered |
| you | had foddered |
| he;she;it | had foddered |
| we | had foddered |
| you | had foddered |
| they | had foddered |
Future
| I | will fodder |
| you | will fodder |
| he;she;it | will fodder |
| we | will fodder |
| you | will fodder |
| they | will fodder |
Future Perfect
| I | will have foddered |
| you | will have foddered |
| he;she;it | will have foddered |
| we | will have foddered |
| you | will have foddered |
| they | will have foddered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fodder |
| you | fodder |
| he;she;it | fodder |
| we | fodder |
| you | fodder |
| they | fodder |
Perfect
| I | have foddered |
| you | have foddered |
| he;she;it | have foddered |
| we | have foddered |
| you | have foddered |
| they | have foddered |
Imperfect
| I | foddered |
| you | foddered |
| he;she;it | foddered |
| we | foddered |
| you | foddered |
| they | foddered |
Pluperfect
| I | had foddered |
| you | had foddered |
| he;she;it | had foddered |
| we | had foddered |
| you | had foddered |
| they | had foddered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fodder |
| you | would fodder |
| he;she;it | would fodder |
| we | would fodder |
| you | would fodder |
| they | would fodder |
Perfect
| I | would have foddered |
| you | would have foddered |
| he;she;it | would have foddered |
| we | would have foddered |
| you | would have foddered |
| they | would have foddered |
Imperative
| you | fodder |
| we | Let's fodder |
| you | fodder |
Verbs conjugated like 'fodder'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fodder'
bodder,
dodder,
sodder,
border,
didder,
dudder,
edder,
fender,
foller,
fonde,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
fodor "food," especially "food for cattle," from P.Gmc.
*fodran (cf. O.N.
foðr, M.Du.
voeder, O.H.G.
fuotar, Ger.
Futter), from PIE
*patrom, from
*pat- "to feed" (see food).
2. From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
3. Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.
Verbs referencing "fodder"
Galician
forrar.
Sample Sentences
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Straw will do well enough to fodder them with [1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:]
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"When I had foddered the horse, I went into the barn and took the handle of an old rake to chase the dog out with." [1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 34:]