Definition of feed

noun (n)

• food for domestic livestock (noun.food)

  Synonym: provender
  

  source: wordnet30
• That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• provide as food (verb.consumption)

  Example:
  Feed the guests the nuts.
  

  source: wordnet30
• give food to (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: give
  Antonym: famish, starve
  

  Example:
  Feed the starving children in India.
  

  source: wordnet30
• feed into; supply (verb.consumption)

  Example:
  Her success feeds her vanity.
  

  source: wordnet30
• introduce continuously (verb.change)

  Synonym: feed in
  

  Example:
  Feed carrots into a food processor.
  

  source: wordnet30
• support or promote (verb.social)

  source: wordnet30
• take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: eat
  

  source: wordnet30
• serve as food for; be the food for (verb.consumption)

  Example:
  This dish feeds six.
  

  source: wordnet30
• move along, of liquids (verb.motion)

  Synonym: course, flow, run
  

  Example:
  The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi.
  

  source: wordnet30
• profit from in an exploitatory manner (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: prey
  

  Example:
  He feeds on her insecurity.
  

  source: wordnet30
• gratify (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: feast
  

  Example:
  Feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view.
  

  source: wordnet30
• provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to (verb.change)

  Synonym: fertilise, fertilize
  

  source: wordnet30
• To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To take food; to eat. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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