feed

IPA: fˈid

noun

  • (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
  • Something supplied continuously.
  • The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
  • The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
  • (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
  • (Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
  • A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.

verb

  • (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
  • (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
  • (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
  • (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
  • (figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
  • To supply with something.
  • To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
  • (sports, transitive) To pass to.
  • (phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
  • (syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
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Examples of "feed" in Sentences

  • I'm feeding the ferret.
  • The dog is feeding the puppies.
  • Feeding the kitty is always not easy.
  • It feeds on the flowers of the orchid.
  • Adulteration of animal feed is reported.
  • The food was bounty enough to feed the needy.
  • The give away is the feeding of the chicken via syringe.
  • You have to choose the right food when feeding your pets.
  • Don Vino gives Luming when she is feeding her a lot of jewelry.
  • The capstan feed mode is established by feeding the yarn away from the nip.

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