feeds

noun

  1. 1

    Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.

    They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
  2. 2

    Something supplied continuously.

    a satellite feed
  3. 3

    The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.

    the paper feed of a printer
  4. 4

    The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.

  5. 5

    A meal.

  6. 6

    A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.

    They held a crab feed on the beach.
  7. 7

    Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.

    I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.

verb

  1. 1

    (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.

    Feed the dog every evening.
  2. 2

    To eat (usually of animals).

    Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
  3. 3

    To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.

    Feed the fish to the dolphins.
  4. 4

    To give to a machine to be processed.

    Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
  5. 5

    To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).

  6. 6

    To supply with something.

    Springs feed ponds with water.
  7. 7

    To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.

    If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
  8. 8

    To pass to.

  9. 9

    (of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.

    Nasalization feeds raising.
  10. 10

    (of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.

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