<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum</li><li>people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder</li><li>raw material: fodder for a comedian's routine</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to feed with or as if with fodder</li></ul>