Definitions of feed in various dictionaries:
noun -
food for domestic livestock
verb -
provide as food
verb -
give food to
verb -
feed into
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introduce continuously
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support or promote
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take in food
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serve as food for
verb -
move along, of liquids
verb -
profit from in an exploitatory manner
verb -
gratify
verb -
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children.
To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat.
To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county.
To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.
To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.
To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite.
To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.
To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor.
To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially in order to score.
To eat: pigs feeding at a trough.
To be nourished or supported: an ego that feeds on flattery.
To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.
To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway.
Food for animals or birds.
The amount of such food given at one time.
A meal, especially a large one.
The act of eating.
Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.
The act of supplying such material.
An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.
The aperture through which such material enters a machine.
Distribution of a locally broadcast radio or television program by way of a network or satellite to a larger audience or group of receivers.
adj - to give food to [v FED, FEEDING, FEEDS] : FEEDABLE