[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

provender \prov"ender\, n. oe. provende, f. provende,
   provisions, provender, fr. ll. praebenda prae and pro being
   confused, a daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. see
   prebend.
   1. dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats,
      or a mixture of ground grain; feed. "hay or other
      provender." --mortimer.
      1913 webster

            good provender laboring horses would have. --tusser.
      1913 webster

   2. food or provisions. r or obs.
      1913 webster
see also:
prebend 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

provender
     n 1: food for domestic livestock syn: feed
     2: a stock or supply of foods syn: commissariat, provisions,
         viands, victuals
see also:
feed commissariat provisions viands victuals 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

79 moby thesaurus words for "provender":
   aliment, barley, bird seed, board, bran, bread, bread and butter,
   canned foods, cat food, cheer, chicken feed, chop, chow,
   comestibles, commissariat, commissary, corn, creature comfort,
   cuisine, daily bread, dehydrated foods, dog food, eatables, eatage,
   eats, edibles, ensilage, fare, fast food, feast, feed, fodder,
   food, food and drink, food supply, foodstuff, foodstuffs, forage,
   fresh foods, frozen foods, grain, groceries, grocery, grub, hay,
   health food, ingesta, junk food, kitchen stuff, larder, mash, meal,
   meat, merchandise, nourishment, nurture, oats, pasturage, pasture,
   pet food, provision, provisions, rations, scratch, scratch feed,
   silage, slops, spread, stores, straw, supplies, sustenance, swill,
   table, tucker, viands, victuals, vittles, wheat

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