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| 1. | [ verb ] (food) provide as food | |
| Examples: | "Feed the guests the nuts" |
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| Related terms: | provide feeding | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (food) food for domestic livestock | |
| Synonyms: | provender | |
| Related terms: | food creep_feed eatage slop cud mast silage oil_cake cattle_cake mash fodder bird_food petfood feed_grain corn_gluten_feed fish_meal blood_meal | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (food) give food to | |
| Synonyms: | give grub | |
| Examples: | "Feed the starving children in India" "don't give the child this tough meat" |
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| Related terms: | starve provide nutrify overfeed fodder force-feed inject spoonfeed slop dine lunch breakfast regurgitate breastfeed bottlefeed corn graze undernourish crop scavenge feeding eat | |
| 4. | [ verb ] feed into; supply | |
| Examples: | "Her success feeds her vanity" |
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| Related terms: | supply feeder | |
| 5. | [ verb ] introduce continuously; as into a machine or processor | |
| Synonyms: | feed_in | |
| Examples: | : "feed carrots into a food processor" |
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| Related terms: | insert self-feeder | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (food) take in food; used of animals only | |
| Synonyms: | eat | |
| Examples: | : "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat" "What do whales eat?" |
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| Related terms: | consume crop raven victual suckle forage eat eating | |
| 7. | [ verb ] support or promote | |
| Examples: | "His admiration fed her vanity" |
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| Related terms: | promote | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (food) serve as food for; be the food for | |
| Examples: | "This dish feeds six" |
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| Related terms: | provide | |
| 9. | [ verb ] profit from in an exploitatory manner | |
| Synonyms: | prey | |
| Examples: | "He feeds on her insecurity" |
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| Related terms: | exploit prey | |
| 10. | [ verb ] (food) gratify | |
| Synonyms: | feast | |
| Examples: | "feed one's eye on a gorgeous view" |
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| Related terms: | regale feast | |
| 11. | [ verb ] move along, of liquids | |
| Synonyms: | flow run course | |
| Examples: | "Water flowed into the cave" "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
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| Related terms: | move seep pour drain eddy flush run_down trickle tide spill circulate jet gutter spill waste stream be_due overflow flow course discharge | |
| 12. | [ verb ] (agriculture) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture and gardening | |
| Synonyms: | fertilize fertilise | |
| Examples: | "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" |
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| Related terms: | enrich nitrify dung topdress farming | |
| Similar spelling: |
Fed feud fete fet fedayee Fett Feth Feit feat |
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