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feed
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- pronunciation:
- fid
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- feed on
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
feeds, feeding, fed |
| definition 1: |
to provide food for or give food to.
She's feeding the baby now.Did you feed the cat?The soup kitchen feeds over fifty people a day.
- synonyms:
- nourish
- similar words:
- accommodate, board, cater, provision, purvey, sate, satiate, sustain, victual
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| definition 2: |
to be sufficient as food for.
This roast will feed four people.- synonyms:
- nourish
- similar words:
- sustain
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| definition 3: |
to grow food for.
The land feeds the population.- synonyms:
- nourish
- similar words:
- sustain
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| definition 4: |
to give as food.
You shouldn't feed chocolate to your dog. |
| definition 5: |
to support; reinforce.
Praise feeds his ego.Don't encourage his drinking; you're only feeding his addiction.- synonyms:
- nourish, nurture, reinforce, strengthen
- similar words:
- encourage, support, sustain
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| definition 6: |
to supply with something necessary for maintenance.
We fed the fire once more to keep it going through the night.Several springs feed the lake. |
| definition 7: |
to insert and allow to be pulled or taken in.
She fed paper into the typewriter.- synonyms:
- insert
- similar words:
- enter, put, stick
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| related words: |
dine, fat, fill, furnish, grope, nourish, nurse, nurture |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to eat food; take nourishment.
The baby is feeding well now and gaining weight.Bats feed at night.- synonyms:
- dine, eat, fare
- similar words:
- bite, diet, graze, subsist
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| definition 2: |
to take reinforcement or satisfaction.
Their fear feeds on itself.She feeds on high grades.- similar words:
- strengthen, thrive
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| related words: |
browse, prey |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
food for birds and animals, such as seeds, grain, or hay.
The price of feed jumped again this year.- synonyms:
- fodder, food, forage, pasture, provender
- similar words:
- comestibles, edibles, supplies, viands, victuals
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| definition 2: |
the portion or amount of such food.
The mare ate only half of her feed.- synonyms:
- fodder, food, forage, pasture, provender
- similar words:
- comestibles, edibles, supplies, viands, victuals
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| definition 3: |
(informal) a large meal, as at a celebration.
That was a great feed this year, especially the turkey and the pie!- synonyms:
- banquet, dinner, repast
- similar words:
- feast, gorge, meal, spread
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| definition 4: |
a mechanism that supplies something to a process.
The copy machine has an automatic feed.- similar words:
- inserter, mechanism
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| related words: |
food, mash, nourishment |
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| phrase: |
feed on |
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animal, bird, cat, crustacean, dinosaur, farming, fish, food, grain, grass, insect, life, life cycle, pet, plant, spider |
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