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foddering

foddering is the present participle and gerund of fodder.

Meaning of fodder

Verb

fodder (third-person singular simple present fodders, present participle foddering, simple past and past participle foddered)

  1. (dialectal) To feed animals (with fodder).
    • Straw will do well enough to fodder them with1707, 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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Noun

foddering (plural fodderings)

  1. The feeding of an animal with fodder.
    • How many fodderings do you give the cows daily?

Forms of foddering

pluralfodderings

Questions about foddering

What does foddering mean?
Foddering means the feeding of an animal with fodder.
What is foddering the present participle and gerund of?
Foddering is the present participle and gerund of fodder.
What part of speech is foddering?
Foddering is a noun.
What is the plural of foddering?
The plural of foddering is fodderings.

Words near foddering in the dictionary

  1. fodder radish
  2. fodder radishes
  3. foddered
  4. fodderer
  5. fodderers
  6. foddering
  7. fodderings
  8. fodderless
  9. fodders
  10. Fodderty
  11. Foddian

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