Feed - English meaning

verb

Give food to.

Usage examples:

Did you remember to feed the cat?

Synonims:

Give food toProvide food forProvide forCater forPrepare food forCook forMake a meal forWine and dineNourishSustainSuckleBreastfeedBottle-feedVictual

verb

Supply with material or power.

Usage examples:

A radial circuit fed by a 20 amp fuse

verb

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

Usage examples:

Make holes through which to feed the cables

noun

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

Usage examples:

The baby's morning feed

noun

A device or pipe for supplying material to a machine.

Usage examples:

A paper feed

noun

A line or prompt given to an actor on stage.

Usage examples:

Simon needed our kid to speak up and give him the feed line of ‘no’ so he could deliver his line an…

verb

Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.

verb

Provide as food

verb

To give food to a person or animal, or of an animal to eat

Usage examples:

[ t ] we fed the kids some leftovers., [ i ] the cows were feeding in the pasture., we had to keep …

verb

To give food to a person, group, or animal

Usage examples:

These microwave meals feed two people., if agriculture were given priority, the country would soon …

verb

If a baby or animal feeds, it eats or drinks milk

Usage examples:

The baby only feeds once a night at the moment, thank goodness., feed yourself most babies can feed…

verb

To be enough food for a group of people or animals

Usage examples:

This amount of pasta won't feed ten people.

verb

To produce or supply enough food for someone or something

Usage examples:

Feed itself if agriculture was more of a priority, the country would easily be able to feed itself.…

verb

To give a plant substances that will help it grow

Usage examples:

Don't forget to feed the tomatoes.

verb

To supply something to a person or thing, or put something into a machine or system, especially in a regular or continuous way

Usage examples:

Be fed into the vegetables are fed into the machine at this end., be fed to the images are fed over…

verb

To put fuel on or inside something that burns, to keep it burning

Usage examples:

Remember to feed the fire while i'm out.

verb

In team sports, to pass the ball or the puck to another player in your team, especially so that they can score

Usage examples:

He fed the ball to kanoute on the edge of the area., he fed a perfect pass to bennett, who scored.

noun

An occasion when a baby has something to eat or drink

Usage examples:

The baby had a feed an hour ago, so she can't be hungry.

noun

Food eaten by animals that are not kept as pets

Usage examples:

Cattle/animal feed

noun

A large meal

noun

The part of a machine through which it is supplied with fuel or with something else that it needs

Usage examples:

The car's oil feed, the printer's paper feed

noun

A web page, screen, etc. that updates (= changes) often to show the latest information

Usage examples:

Your twitter feed refreshes automatically to show new tweets., a live video feed enables the "drive…

noun

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

Usage examples:

They dominated possession in the first half and ellis scored off a beautiful feed from hall., he sc…