feed

noun

  1. 1

    food for domestic livestock

verb

  1. 1

    introduce continuously

    feed carrots into a food processor

  2. 2

    provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

    We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants

  3. 3

    give food to

    Feed the starving children in India

    don't give the child this tough meat

  4. 4

    take in food; used of animals only

    This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat

    What do whales eat?

  5. 5

    serve as food for; be the food for

    This dish feeds six

  6. 6

    feed into; supply

    Her success feeds her vanity

  7. 7

    provide as food

    Feed the guests the nuts

  8. 8

    gratify

    feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view

  9. 9

    profit from in an exploitatory manner

    He feeds on her insecurity

  10. 10

    move along, of liquids

    Water flowed into the cave

    the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

  11. 11

    support or promote

    His admiration fed her vanity

Synonyms

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