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feed (f d)v. fed (f d), 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 distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite. 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: 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 or birds. b. The amount of such food given at one time. 2. Informal A meal, especially a large one. 3. The act of eating. 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 a local radio or television program, as by satellite, on the Internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations. b. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed. 7. Sports A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance. Idiom: off (one's) feed Suffering a lack of appetite; sick: The dog is off its feed this week.
[Middle English feden, from Old English fdan; see p - in Indo-European roots.] |
feed Verb [feeding, fed] 1. to give food to (a person or an animal) 2. to give (something) as food: people feeding bread to their cattle 3. to eat food: red squirrel feed in the pines 4. to supply or prepare food for 5. to provide what is needed for the continued existence, operation, or growth of: illustrations which will feed an older child's imagination, pools fed by waterfalls Noun 1. the act of feeding 2. food, esp. that given to animals or babies 3. Brit, Austral & NZ informal a meal [Old English fēdan]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  feed - food for domestic livestockfood, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue blood meal - the dried and powdered blood of animals cattle cake - a concentrated feed for cattle; processed in the form of blocks or cakes creep feed - feed given to young animals isolated in a creep fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop ensilage, silage - fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo oil cake - mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk mash - mixture of ground animal feeds mast - nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine fish meal - ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock | | Verb | 1. | feed - provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" | | 2. | feed - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"dine - give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends" scavenge - feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge" fodder - give fodder (to domesticated animals) regurgitate - feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest" corn - feed (cattle) with corn malnourish, undernourish - provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished" force-feed - feed someone who will not or cannot eat cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" lunch - provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well" range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" famish, starve - deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners" | | 3. | feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" | | 4. | feed - introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" | | 5. | feed - support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity" | | 6. | feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" forage - wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods" raven - feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies" suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily" | | 7. | feed - serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" | | 8. | feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"flush - flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river" jet, gush - issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" tide, surge - rise or move forward; "surging waves" circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" waste, run off - run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" run down - move downward; "The water ran down" pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor" spill, run out - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" well out, stream - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face" dribble, trickle, filter - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in" drain, run out - flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" ooze, seep - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings gutter - flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face" | | 9. | feed - profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" | | 10. | feed - gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"regale, treat - provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" | | 11. | feed - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" nitrify - treat (soil) with nitrates dung - fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land" topdress - scatter manure or fertilizer over (land) |
feed verb 1. cater for, provide for, nourish, provide with food, supply, sustain, nurture, cook for, wine and dine, victual, provision verb 3. eat, drink milk, take nourishment feed on something live on, depend on, devour, exist on, partake of, subsist on  Translations feed [fiːd] n ( gen), [ of baby] → comida; [ of animal] → pienso; vi [ baby, animal] → comer feed back vt [+ results] → pasar feed on vt fus → alimentarse de
 feed [fiːd] n [ of baby] → tétée f [ of animal]; nourriture f, pâture f; vt [ fed , pt , pp ] [fɛd] [+ person] → nourrir;
 feed [fiːd] [ fed , pt, pp ] n → Mahlzeit f; (of animal) → Fütterung f; ( data, information) → etw in etw acc eingeben; feed back feed vt → zurückleiten
 feed [fiːd] n [ of baby] → pappato feed data/information into sth → inserire dati/informazioni in qcfeed on vt fus → nutrirsi di
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