Definition of 'feed'

See also: fee 

Noun

1. food for domestic livestock
      Synonyms: provender

Verb

1. provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
2. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
      Synonyms: give
      Antonyms: starve famish
3. feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
4. introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
      Synonyms: feed in
5. support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
6. take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
      Synonyms: eat
7. serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
8. move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
      Synonyms: run flow course
9. profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
      Synonyms: prey
10. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
       Synonyms: feast
11. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
       Synonyms: fertilize fertilise

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