provender UK /ˈpɹɒvɪndə/US /ˈpɹɑvəndɚ/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(old-fashioned) Food, especially for livestock.The farm which supplied to him ungrudging provender had all his vast capacity for work in willing exercise … — 1859 verb1 •To feed.One night, after several days of continuous plowing, and after the ox and mule had been stabled and provendered for the night, the ox said to the mule […] — 1911 formsprovendered · provendering · provenders