feed
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/ˈfiːd/
English
Definitions
noun
- Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.“They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.”
- Something supplied continuously.“a satellite feed”
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.“the paper feed of a printer”
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
verb
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.“Feed the dog every evening.”
- To eat (usually of animals).“Spiders feed on gnats and flies.”
- To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.“Feed the fish to the dolphins.”
- To give to a machine to be processed.“Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.”
verb
- To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
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Synonyms
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