feed

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Pronunciation
/ˈfiːd/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.

Example Sentences
  • They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
2 Definition

Something supplied continuously.

Example Sentences
  • a satellite feed
3 Definition

The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.

Example Sentences
  • the paper feed of a printer
4 Definition

The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.

5 Definition

A meal.

6 Definition

A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.

Example Sentences
  • They held a crab feed on the beach.
7 Definition

Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.

Example Sentences
  • I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.
Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.

Example Sentences
  • Feed the dog every evening.
2 Definition

To eat (usually of animals).

Example Sentences
  • Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
3 Definition

To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.

Example Sentences
  • Feed the fish to the dolphins.
4 Definition

To give to a machine to be processed.

Example Sentences
  • Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
5 Definition

To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).

6 Definition

To supply with something.

Example Sentences
  • Springs feed ponds with water.
7 Definition

To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.

Example Sentences
  • If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
8 Definition

To pass to.

9 Definition

(of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.

Example Sentences
  • Nasalization feeds raising.
10 Definition

(of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.

11 Definition

To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.