feed (n.)

  1. food for domestic livestock

    [ Syn: provender ]

    feed (v.)

  1. provide as food; Feed the guests the nuts'

  2. gratify; feed ones eyes on a gorgeous view

    [ Syn: feast ]

  3. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants

    [ Syn: fertilize , fertilise ]

  4. give food to; Feed the starving children in India; dont give the child this tough meat

    [ Syn: give ]

  5. feed into; supply; Her success feeds her vanity'

  6. introduce continuously; feed carrots into a food processor

    [ Syn: feed in ]

  7. support or promote; His admiration fed her vanity'

  8. take in food; used of animals only; This dog doesnt eat certain kinds of meat; What do whales eat?

    [ Syn: eat ]

  9. serve as food for; be the food for; This dish feeds six'

  10. move along, of liquids; Water flowed into the cave; the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

    [ Syn: run , flow , course ]

  11. profit from in an exploitatory manner; He feeds on her insecurity

    [ Syn: prey ]

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