fodder - coarse meals (especially for livestock) made up of full plants or even the leaves and stalks of the cereal cropvt (= present food stuff for) person, army ??verpflegen; loved ones ??ernähren; I've 3 hungry mouths to feed ??ich habe drei hungrige Münder zu stopfen (inf); to feed oneself ??sich selbst verpflegen; he feeds himself very well