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   feed

   /fiːd/

   verb

   • 1. give food to: "did you remember to feed the cat?" 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: "the baby will feed according to her needs" 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"
   • 2. supply with material or power: "a radial circuit fed by a 20 amp fuse"
   • ▪ put into a machine: "the programs are fed into the computer"
   • ▪ 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.
   • 3. cause to pass 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: "the baby's morning feed"
   • ▪ a meal: informal "I gave him a big feed of rashers and eggs and mashed potatoes" Similar meallunchdinnersupperrepastfeastbanquetteainformal:spreadblowoutbingenoshnosh-upscofftuck-informal:refectioncollation
   • ▪ food for domestic animals: "the crops are grown for animal feed" Similar fodderfoodfoodstuffforagepasturageherbagesilageformal:comestiblesprovender
   • 2. a device or pipe for supplying material to a machine: "a 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 gives a feed to a fellow performer.

   Word Origin Old Englishfēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   FEED definition: 1. to give food to a person, group, or animal: 2. If a baby or animal feeds, it eats or drinks…. Learn more.

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   How to use feed in a sentence. to give food to; to give as food; to furnish something essential to the development, sustenance, maintenance, or operation of… See the full definition

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   FEED meaning: 1. to give food to a person, group, or animal: 2. If a baby or animal feeds, it eats or drinks…. Learn more.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFEED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   21 meanings: 1. to give food to 2. to give as food 3. to eat food 4. to provide food for 5. to provide what is necessary for.... Click for more definitions.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishfeed verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   feed somebody/something sth It's important to feed children a well-balanced diet. He has to be fed liquids through a tube in his stomach. feed somebody/something (on) something The cattle are fed (on) barley. feed something to somebody/something The barley is fed to the cattle. feed somebody/something with something The animals are fed with hay ...

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishFEED | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   FEED definition: 1. to give food to a person, group, or animal: 2. If an animal or a baby feeds, it eats: 3. to…. Learn more.

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   To feed someone is to give them something to eat. Part of your daily morning routine might be remembering to feed your cat.

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   Feed definition: to give food to; supply with nourishment. See examples of FEED used in a sentence.

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    a. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.

11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › feedfeed | meaning of feed in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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    From Longman Business Dictionary feed1 /fiːd/ verb (past tense and past participle fed /fed/) [ intransitive, transitive] to pass to a later stage in a process or system feed into something The data is fed into computers for analysis. Tax increases and spending curbs by state and local governments feed into the private sector. feed through ...