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- DictionaryFeed/fēd/
verb
- 1. give food to: "the raiders fed the guard dog to keep it quiet" Similar give food toprovide food forprovide forcater forprepare food forcook formake a meal forwine and dinenourishsustainsucklebreastfeedbottle-feeddated:victual
- ▪ (especially of an animal or baby) take food; eat something: "morays emerge at night to feed" Similar eattake nourishmentpartake of foodconsume fooddevour foodhave a mealinformal:snackgrazenoshdated:supgrazebrowsecroppastureruminateeat
- ▪ provide an adequate supply of food for: "the island's simple agriculture could hardly feed its inhabitants"
- ▪ give fertilizer to (a plant): "feed the lawn in spring and autumn"
- ▪ put fuel on (a fire).
- ▪ encourage the growth of: "I could feed my melancholy by reading Romantic poetry" Similar strengthenfortifysupportbolsterreinforceboostaugmentsupplementadd toadd fuel tofuelencouragegratifyminister toOpposite undermine
- ▪ satisfy (a drug habit): informal "users who commit crime to feed their habit"
- ▪ supply a machine with material, power, or other things necessary for its operation: "the programs are fed into the computer"
- ▪ supply water to (a body of water): "the pond is fed by a small stream"
- ▪ insert further coins into (a meter) to extend the time for which it operates.
- ▪ supply (someone) with (information, ideas, etc.): "I think he is feeding his old employer commercial secrets" Similar supplyprovidegivedeliverpresentfurnishissueimpartsell
- ▪ prompt (an actor) with (a line): "you were still in the wings feeding Micky his lines"
- ▪ (in ball games) pass (the ball) to a player: "he took the ball and fed Salley"
- ▪ distribute (a broadcast) to local television or radio stations via satellite or network: US "programs that the national networks feed to local stations"
- 2. cause to move gradually and steadily, typically through a confined space: "make holes through which to feed the cables"
- ▪ influence or contribute to: "has your art history background fed into the artwork you produce?"
- ▪ (of a new factor or development) begin to be effective or influential; have an impact on someone or something: "it could take time for higher earnings and dividends to feed through to investors"
noun
- 1. an act of giving food, especially to animals or a baby, or of having food given to one: "I've just given the horse her feed"
- ▪ a meal: informal "how 'bout I fix up a nice hot feed?" Similar meallunchdinnersupperrepastfeastbanquetteainformal:spreadblowoutbingenoshnosh-upscofftuck-informal:refectioncollation
- ▪ food for domestic animals: "the crops are grown for animal feed" Similar fodderfoodfoodstuffforagepasturageherbagesilageformal:comestiblesprovender
- 2. a device or conduit for supplying material to a machine: "the plotter has a continuous paper feed"
- ▪ the supply of raw material to a machine or device: "a feed pipe"
- ▪ a broadcast distributed by a satellite or network from a central source to a large number of radio or television stations: "a satellite feed from Washington"
- ▪ a facility for notifying the user of a blog or other frequently updated website that new content has been added: "most blogs and news sites offer RSS feeds of their latest content"
- 3. a line or prompt given to an actor on stage.
- ▪ an actor who provides a feed to a fellow performer.
Word Origin Old Englishfēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food.
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