feed (Meaning)
feed (n)
food for domestic livestock
feed (v)
provide as food
give food to
feed into; supply
introduce continuously
support or promote
take in food; used of animals only
serve as food for; be the food for
move along, of liquids
profit from in an exploitatory manner
gratify
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
feed (imp. & p. p.)
of Fee
feed (v. t.)
To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.
To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.
To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.
To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.
To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.
To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.
To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).
feed (v. i.)
To take food; to eat.
To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon.
To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.
To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.
feed (n.)
That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.
A grazing or pasture ground.
An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
A meal, or the act of eating.
The water supplied to steam boilers.
The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.
The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.
The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.
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feed Sentence Examples
- The farmer fed the chickens a mixture of corn and soybeans.
- The baby bird was anxiously waiting for its mother to feed it.
- The veterinarian instructed us to feed our dog a special diet to manage its allergies.
- The child hungrily fed on the slices of pizza, savoring each bite.
- The parents took turns feeding their newborn baby throughout the night.
- The volunteers at the animal shelter distributed food to feed the stray cats and dogs.
- The traveler stopped at a roadside diner to feed themselves and their weary horse.
- The gardener carefully fed the plants with a balanced mixture of fertilizer and water.
- The angler used a worm as bait to feed the fish and entice them to bite.
- The baker expertly fed the dough into the machine, preparing it for baking.
FAQs About the word feed
food for domestic livestock, provide as food, give food to, feed into; supply, introduce continuously, support or promote, take in food; used of animals only, s
cater, sustain, serve, provision,board, victual,fill, nurture, wait, nourish
retain,hold (back), keep (back), hold (back), keep (back), retain, withhold, reserve, save, reserve
The farmer fed the chickens a mixture of corn and soybeans.
The baby bird was anxiously waiting for its mother to feed it.
The veterinarian instructed us to feed our dog a special diet to manage its allergies.
The child hungrily fed on the slices of pizza, savoring each bite.
