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Feed

/ˈfiːd/

Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.

📖 Definitions of "Feed"

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.

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."

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