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Feed

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Noun

1. feed, provender

food for domestic livestock

Verb

2. feed

provide as food

Example Sentences:
'Feed the guests the nuts'

3. feed, give

give food to

Example Sentences:
'Feed the starving children in India'
'don't give the child this tough meat'

4. feed

feed into; supply

Example Sentences:
'Her success feeds her vanity'

5. feed, feed in

introduce continuously

Example Sentences:
'feed carrots into a food processor'

6. feed

support or promote

Example Sentences:
'His admiration fed her vanity'

7. eat, feed

take in food; used of animals only

Example Sentences:
'This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat'
'What do whales eat?'

8. feed

serve as food for; be the food for

Example Sentences:
'This dish feeds six'

9. course, feed, flow, run

move along, of liquids

Example Sentences:
'Water flowed into the cave'
'the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi'

10. feed, prey

profit from in an exploitatory manner

Example Sentences:
'He feeds on her insecurity'

11. feast, feed

gratify

Example Sentences:
'feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view'

12. feed, fertilise, fertilize

provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

Example Sentences:
'We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Feed

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verbWord forms: feeds, feeding or fed (fɛd ) (mainly tr)
1. 
to give food to
to feed the cat
2. 
to give as food
to feed meat to the cat
3. (intransitive)
to eat food
the horses feed at noon
4. 
to provide food for
these supplies can feed 10 million people
5. 
to provide what is necessary for the existence or development of
to feed one's imagination
6. 
to gratify; satisfy
to feed one's eyes on a beautiful sight
7. (also intr)
to supply (a machine, furnace, etc) with (the necessary materials or fuel) for its operation, or (of such materials) to flow or move forwards into a machine, etc
8. 
to use (land) as grazing
9. theatre informal
to cue (an actor, esp a comedian) with lines or actions
10. sport
to pass a ball to (a team-mate)
11. electronics
to introduce (electrical energy) into a circuit, esp by means of a feeder
12. (also intr; foll by on or upon)
to eat or cause to eat
noun
13. 
the act or an instance of feeding
14. 
food, esp that of animals or babies
15. 
the process of supplying a machine or furnace with a material or fuel
16. 
the quantity of material or fuel so supplied
17. computing
a facility allowing web users to receive news headlines and updates on their browser from a website as soon as they are published
18. 
the rate of advance of a cutting tool in a lathe, drill, etc
19. 
a mechanism that supplies material or fuel or controls the rate of advance of a cutting tool
20. theatre informal
a performer, esp a straight man, who provides cues
21. informal
a meal

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Feed

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verb transitiveWord forms: fed or ˈfeeding
1. 
to give food to; provide food for
2. 
a. 
to provide as food
to feed oats to horses
b. 
to serve as food for
3. 
to provide something necessary for the growth, development, or existence of; nourish; sustain
to feed one's anger
4. 
to provide (material to be used up, processed, etc.)
to feed coal into a stove
5. 
to provide with material
feed the stove
6. 
to provide satisfaction for; gratify
to feed one's vanity
7.  Sport
to pass (the ball, puck, etc.) to (a teammate intending to make a shot, try for a goal, etc.)
8.  Theatre
to supply (an actor) with (cue lines)
verb intransitive
9. 
to eat
said chiefly of animals
10. 
to flow steadily, as into a machine for use, processing, etc.
noun
11. 
a. 
food given to animals; fodder
b. 
the amount of fodder given at one time
12. 
a. 
the material fed into a machine
b. 
the part of the machine supplying this material
c. 
the supplying of this material
13.  Informal
a meal
14.  Radio and Television
a transmission by satellite, land lines, etc., as that sent by a network to individual stations for broadcast

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Feed

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v. fed(fĕd), feed·ing, feeds
v. tr.
1.
a. To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children.
b. To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat.
2.
a. To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
b. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county.
3.
a. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.
b. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.
c. To transmit (media content) by means of a communications network or satellite, as for processing or distribution.
4.
a. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.
b. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
5. To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor.
6. Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially to set up a scoring chance.
v. intr.
1. To eat. Used of animals: pigs feeding at a trough.
2. To be nourished or supported: an ego that feeds on flattery.
3.
a. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.
b. To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway.
n.
1.
a. Food for animals, especially livestock.
b. The amount of such food given at one time.
2. Informal A meal, especially a large one: We had a great feed at the restaurant.
3. The act of providing food, especially to an animal: food given at one feed.
4.
a. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.
b. The act of supplying such material.
5.
a. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.
b. The aperture through which such material enters a machine.
6.
a. The transmission or conveyance of published content, as by satellite, on the internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations.
b. A signal or program made by means of such transmission: The satellite feed was garbled due to sunspot activity.
7. Sports A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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