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Meanings of provender in English

Portuguese
delegacia
Catalan
provisions

A stock or supply of foods.

        delegacia
        Portuguese
        rações para animais
        Catalan
        provisions
        Spanish
        comida

        Food for domestic livestock.

              rações para animais

              Bulk feed for livestock, especially hay, straw, etc.\ (Source: CED)

                    Usage of provender in English
                    1
                    That some profit arose from the horse provender is to be hoped.
                    North America — Volume 1
                    2
                    Their horses were supplied with provender, and led likewise into the hut.
                    Strife and Peace
                    3
                    I half-doubted the rascal's story, though I let him have the provender.
                    Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor
                    4
                    They'll not keep else till hanging time;-bestfinish now-needlessto waste provender.
                    Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
                    5
                    They use small but strong horses, which are maintained with little provender.
                    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
                    6
                    By this time George had grown despondent over our prospect for provender.
                    See America First
                    7
                    But how the deuce should you know how to provender for gentlemen?
                    Paul Clifford — Volume 06
                    8
                    The revenue officer had far to go, and was wise in providing provender.
                    Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
                    9
                    Women and men went to market and carried home the provender.
                    West Wind Drift
                    10
                    It is his provender, the meat and drink of his campaign.
                    First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life
                    11
                    The following morning we found good horse-provender, and plenty of it.
                    Three Years' War
                    12
                    He will apply the torture over my own wine and provender.
                    Cabbages and Kings
                    13
                    Had the king raised another levy of soldiers, or provender from the countryside?
                    The Bone Doll's Twin
                    14
                    He agreed to go if he could furnish transportation and provender.
                    The new yorker
                    15
                    The small supply of provender they could carry with them had given out.
                    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
                    16
                    I understand the ground; I understand cattle, horses, carts, sowing, threshing, and provender.
                    The Devil's Pool
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                    Translations for provender
                    Spanish
                    comida
                    Provender through the time
                    Provender across language varieties
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