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feed

25 definitions • 42 examples
1
to give food to a person, group, or animal:

Examples:

I usually feed the neighbour's cat while she's away.
Let's feed the kids first and have our dinner after.
[ + two objects ] Do you feed your chickens corn?
feed someone/something on something If you feed your dog on biscuits, it's not surprising he's so fat.
feed something to someone/something The kids love feeding bread to the ducks.
2
If a baby or animal feeds, it eats or drinks milk:

Examples:

The baby only feeds once a night at the moment, thank goodness.
feed yourself Most babies can feed themselves by the time they're a year old.
3
to be enough food for a group of people or animals:

Examples:

This amount of pasta won't feed ten people.
4
to produce or supply enough food for someone or something:

Examples:

feed itself If agriculture was more of a priority, the country would easily be able to feed itself.
Feed the world/starving.
5
to give a plant substances that will help it grow:

Examples:

Don't forget to feed the tomatoes.
6
to supply something to a person or thing, or put something into a machine or system, especially in a regular or continuous way:

Examples:

be fed into The vegetables are fed into the machine at this end.
be fed to The images are fed over satellite networks to broadcasters throughout the world.
feed into Several small streams feed into (= join) the river near here.
7
to put fuel on or inside something that burns, to keep it burning:

Examples:

Remember to feed the fire while I'm out.
8
in team sports, to pass the ball or the puck to another player in your team, especially so that they can score:

Examples:

He fed the ball to Kanoute on the edge of the area.
He fed a perfect pass to Bennett, who scored.
9
an occasion when a baby has something to eat or drink:

Examples:

The baby had a feed an hour ago, so she can't be hungry.
10
food eaten by animals that are not kept as pets:

Examples:

cattle/animal feed
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the part of a machine through which it is supplied with fuel or with something else that it needs:

Examples:

the car's oil feed
the printer's paper feed
13
a web page, screen, etc. that updates (= changes) often to show the latest information:

Examples:

Your Twitter feed refreshes automatically to show new tweets.
A live video feed enables the "driver" to operate the vehicle remotely.
14
in team sports, an action of passing the ball or the puck from one player to another in the same team, especially so that they can score:

Examples:

They dominated possession in the first half and Ellis scored off a beautiful feed from Hall.
He scored the first basket on a fast-break feed from Collins.
15
to give food to a person or animal, or of an animal to eat:

Examples:

[ T ] We fed the kids some leftovers.
[ I ] The cows were feeding in the pasture.
16
If you feed a plant, you give it substances that help it grow.
17
to supply something, esp. regularly or continuously:

Examples:

We had to keep feeding quarters into the parking meter.
18
If someone feeds you information, that person tells you things that may not be completely true:

Examples:

They fed him a line about how important this work is to our country.
19
food for animals, esp. animals that are not kept as pets:

Examples:

chicken feed
20
to give food to a person, group, or animal:

Examples:

These microwave meals feed two people.
If agriculture were given priority, the country would soon be able to feed itself.
21
to eat something:

Examples:

feed on sth The beef cattle feed on grass and soya meal.
22
to supply something to a person or thing, or put something into a machine or system, especially in a regular or continuous way:

Examples:

Air is carried through a series of pipes to feed the furnace.
feed sth to sb/sth The new system feeds daily updates to sales teams.
feed sth into sth The data is fed into a computer and analysed.
feed into sth A rise in oil prices will feed into the economy and cause general inflation.
23

Examples:

The potato waste is used for cattle feed.
24
the part of a machine through which it is supplied with fuel or with something else that it needs:

Examples:

The printer has three paper feeds.
the car's oil feed
25
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Examples:

If you have a website, blog, audio/video content, or even photos, you can offer a feed of your content as an option.

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