Feed Meaning and Definition

Word: Feed

How to pronounce: fiːd

How to pronounce: fiː

How to pronounce: fiːz

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Give food to.

Example sentences: "The raiders fed the guard dog to keep it quiet"

2. Supply a machine with material, power, or other things necessary for its operation.

Example sentences: "The programs are fed into the computer"

3. Supply water to (a body of water)

Example sentences: "The pond is fed by a small stream"

4. Insert further coins into (a meter) to extend the time for which it operates.

Example sentences: "All in all, not a cheerful day except for the one time when I exchanged a few words with a woman in the carpark, she seeking ten pence coins to feed the meter."

5. Supply (someone) with (information, ideas, etc.)

Example sentences: "I think he is feeding his old employer commercial secrets"

6. Prompt (an actor) with (a line)

Example sentences: "You were still in the wings feeding Micky his lines"

7. (in ball games) pass (the ball) to a player.

Example sentences: "He took the ball and fed Salley"

8. Distribute (a broadcast) to local television or radio stations via satellite or network.

Example sentences: "Programs that the national networks feed to local stations"

9. Cause to move gradually and steadily, typically through a confined space.

Example sentences: "Make holes through which to feed the cables"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of giving food, especially to animals or a baby, or of having food given to one.

Example sentences: "I've just given the horse her feed"

2. A device or conduit for supplying material to a machine.

Example sentences: "The plotter has a continuous paper feed"

3. A line or prompt given to an actor on stage.

Synonyms:

graze

suckle

nourish

fatten

eat

regale

fertilize

partake

fodder

feeding stuff

feedstuff

provender

forage

food

nourishment

supply

flow

infeed

raw

board

fare

meal

feast

victual

chow

repast

provide

deliver

give

furnish

for food

nutritious

prey

dinner

nutrient

Synonyms:

pay

royalties

retainer

reward

honorarium

remuneration

paying

comission

instalment

payment

wages

ante

levy

charge

cost

price

entrance fee

admission fee

Synonyms:

salary

Antonyms:

misfeed

discharge

calculate

Derivations:

feeding

feeder

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Feed in Other Languages...

Spanish: Alimentar

German: Feed

French: Nourrir

Italian: Alimentare

Turkish: Besleme