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Definition: Provender |
ProvenderNoun1. Food for domestic livestock. 2. A stock or supply of foods. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "provender" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Etymology: Provender \Prov"en*der\, noun. [from Old English expression provende, French provende, provisions, provender, from Late Latin expression praebenda (prae and pro being confused), daily allowance of provisions, prebend. See Prebend.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | PROVENDER. He from whom any money is taken on the highway: perhaps provider, or provider. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ProvenderSynonyms: commissariat (n), feed (n), provisions (n), viands (n), victuals (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat; (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese. |
Provision | Provender; (food); ensilage; viaticum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Provender |
| English words defined with "provender": Proant, Provant ♦ Whisket. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | If others are the machines to provide this provender, they are the machines to read it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Provender" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Provender" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.5% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
provender | 15 |
capital provender | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "provender"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ushqim i thatë për kafshë, ushqim (aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, chow, chuck, comestible, cuisine, diet, dish, eatables, eating, fare, feed, feeding, food, foodstuff, grub, input, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pot luck, repast, supply, sustenance, table, tack, Tommy), haje (food). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عليق, علف خليط, طعام (aliment, chuck, common, eatables, eating, fare, feed, food, kosher, meat, nourishment, ration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ядене (eating, feed, meal, meat, repast, scoff), храна (aliment, board, boarding, chow, chuck, diet, dietary, eating, edibles, fare, feed, fodder, food, fuel, meal, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, rations, scran, sustenance, tack, viands, victuals), фураж (feed, fodder, keep), кърма (aft, mess, poop, quarter, stern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | píce (feed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | grovfoder (roughage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ruwvoer (roughage), ruw voer (roughage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | غذا (Cuisine, Dish, Foster, Fuel, Meal, Meat, Nourishment, Nurture, Nutrition, Viand), علیق دادن , علیق , علوفه (Feed), خواربار (Grocery, Grub, Viand), اذوقه (Supply). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | karkearehu (roughage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | provende, fourrage grossier, fourrage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | futter (casing, chow, chows, chuck, coating, feed, fodder, food, forage, lining, nosh, nourishment, swill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξηρά τροφή ζώων, χονδραλεσμένη ζωοτροφή (roughage), φορβή (fodder), ζωοτροφή (animal feed, fodder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מספוא (fodder, forage, hay, pasture), תבן (chaff, straw, stubble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | takarmány (bait, feed, fodder, forage, mess, stover), elemózsia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | foraggio (chow, chows, fodder, forage), foraggi grossolani (roughage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | foddyr (feed, fodder, forage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovenderpray provisões (cache, commons, munition, prog, viands, victual), mantimento, forragem (fodder, forage, hay, herb, roughage), alimento grosseiro (coarse, roughage), alimento (aliment, alimony, bread, combustible, diet, eating, feed, food, fuel, keeping, nosh, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, peck, pension, sustenance, victual). (various references) pãpicã. (various references) корм (feed, fodder, forage, nutriment, nutrition). (various references) innlinn. (various references) stočna hrana (cotton cake, feed, forage, green-fodder, pasturage, soilage, stover), hrana (aliment, chow, cuisine, eatables, fare, food, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, pabulum, prog, tommy, trencher, viands, victual, victuals). (various references) forraje basto (roughage), forraje (fodder, forage, roughage), comida (chow, cuisine, dining, dinner, eating, fare, feed, feeding, food, Frankfurter, grub, lunch, luncheon, meal, midday meal, nosh, repast, scoff, scoffing). (various references) mat (eating, fare, feeding, food, meal), grovfoder (coarse, forage, roughage), foder (architrave, calyx, casing, cattlefood, feed, feeding, fodder, forage, lining). (various references) yiyecek (aliment, chow, comestibles, eatables, fare, food, forage, grub, keep, nurture, prog, scran, tack, tuck, victual), yem (bait, decoy, draw, fodder, food, forage, lure, prey, silage), hayvan yemi. (various references) харч (chow, nosh, nourishment, nouriture, nutriment, nutritive), фураж (fodder, forage, keep), постачати фураж. (various references) gogor (fodder), ebran (fodder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | alimentum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 24, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen autw kai acura kai cortasmata polla par' hmin kai topoV tou katalusai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et addidit dicens palearum quoque et faeni plurimum est apud nos et locus spatiosus ad manendum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And she addide, seiynge, Of chaf forsothe and of hey myche there is at vs, and a large place to dwelle. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And sayde moreouer vnto him: we haue litter and prauonder ynough and also rowme to lodge in. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | She said moreover to him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 24, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | Siya nag-ingon pa kaniya: Ingon usab sa among balay kami adunay dagami ug daghan nga kompay, ug dapit alang sa pagpahulay. |
| Croatian | Još mu doda: "Ima slame i p§iæe kod nas u obilju, a i mjesta za prenoæište." |
| Danish | og videre sagde hun: "Der er rigeligt både af Strå og Foder hos os og Plads til at overnatte " |
| Dutch | Voorts had zij tot hem gezegd: Ook is er stro en veel voeders bij ons, ook plaats om te vernachten. |
| Finnish | Ja hän sanoi hänelle vielä: "Meillä on runsaasti olkia ja rehua; myöskin yösijaa on meillä antaa". |
| French | Elle lui dit encore: Il y a chez nous de la paille et du fourrage en abondance, et aussi de la place pour passer la nuit. |
| German | und sagte weiter zu ihm: Es ist auch viel Stroh und Futter bei uns und Raum genug, zu beherbergen. |
| Haitian Creole | Li di l' anko: -Lakay nou, nou gen kont pay zèb pou chamo ou yo. Wa jwenn kote pou ou pase nwit la tou. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Di rumah kami ada tempat bermalam untuk Bapak dan juga banyak jerami dan makanan ternak." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan lagi kata dayang itu kepadanya: Adalah pada kami rumput kering dan makanan untapun cukup dan tempat tumpanganpun ada. |
| Italian | E soggiunse: «C'è paglia e foraggio in quantit da noi e anche posto per passare la notte». |
| Maori | A ka mea ano ia ki a ia, He nui a matou kakau witi, me a matou otaota hei kai, me tetahi wahi hoki hei moenga. |
| Norwegian | Så sa hun til ham: Det er fullt op både av halm og fôr hos oss, og det er også rum til å overnatte. |
| Portuguese | Disse-lhe mais: Temos palha e forragem bastante, e lugar para pousar. |
| Rumanian | Wi i -a zis mai departe: ,,Avem paie wi nutrey din belwug, wi este wi loc de gqzduit peste noapte.`` |
| Swedish | Och hon sade ytterligare till honom: "Vi hava rikligt med både halm och foder; natthärbärge kan du ock få." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "provender": provenders. (additional references) | |
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"Provender" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Grosvener, Prorender, Provand, provendor, Prudenter, Ravender. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "provender" (pronounced 'Prov"en*der'): Africander, Asunder, Attainder, Badder, Balder, Bepowder, Bewilder, Bewonder, Bhunder, Bidder, Bilander, Birgander, Bloodshedder, Bunder, By-bidder, Chavender, Cider, Codder, Colander, Coriander, Cullender, Cyder, Emborder, Filander, Forbidder, Forwander, Foulder, Fudder, Gadder, gander, Germander, Gerrymander, goosander, guilder, Gunpowder, Ladder, lavender, Mander, Misjoinder, Misrender, Miswander, Moider, Monander, Mooder, Muckender, Nadder, Nedder, Nodder, Nonjoinder, octander. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-n-o-p-r-r-v" | |
-1 letter: ponderer, reproved. | |
-2 letters: redrove, reprove. | |
-3 letters: depone, dorper, droner, drover, nerved, opened, opener, overed, pereon, perron, ponder, proved, proven, prover, redone, render, reopen, vender, vendor. | |
-4 letters: devon, donee, doper, doven, drone, drove, ender, epode, erode, erred, nerve, never, order, pedro, pored, preed, preen, prone, prove, redon, repro, roped, roper, roved, roven, rover. | |
-5 letters: deep, deer. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-n-o-p-r-r-v" | |
+1 letter: provenders. | |
+2 letters: overprinted, overrespond, overspender. | |
+3 letters: overresponds, overspenders. | |
+4 letters: overresponded, overspreading, reprovisioned. | |
+5 letters: overpersuading, overresponding. | |
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