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feed on

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Verb1.feed on - be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"
fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need
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? feed on
vi +prep objsich (er)nähren von; (fig)sich nähren von
vt sep +prep obj to feed somebody on something (animal, baby)jdn mit etw füttern; personjdn mit etw ernähren


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But this was not all; for now I not only had goat's flesh to feed on when I pleased, but milk too - a thing which, indeed, in the beginning, I did not so much as think of, and which, when it came into my thoughts, was really an agreeable surprise, for now I set up my dairy, and had sometimes a gallon or two of milk in a day.
Or is it this: To feed on the acorns and grass of knowledge, and for the sake of truth to suffer hunger of soul?
Aldersley has died in the Arctic seas--it will be less injurious to her to discover this positively, than to leave her mind to feed on its own morbid superstitions and speculations, for weeks and weeks together, while the next news from the Expedition is on its way to England.
 
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