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feed⋅ing

  [fee-ding]
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–noun
1. the act of a person or thing that feeds.
2. an instance of eating or of taking or being given nourishment.
3. grazing land.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME feding, OE fēding. See feed, -ing 1
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feed

  [feed] verb, fed, feed⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child.
2. to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed 10 generations.
3. to provide as food.
4. to furnish for consumption.
5. to satisfy; minister to; gratify: Poetry feeds the imagination.
6. to supply for maintenance or operation, as to a machine: to feed paper into a photocopier.
7. to provide with the necessary materials for development, maintenance, or operation: to feed a printing press with paper.
8. to use (land) as pasture.
9. Theater Informal.
a. to supply (an actor, esp. a comedian) with lines or action, the responses to which are expected to elicit laughter.
b. to provide cues to (an actor).
c. Chiefly British. to prompt: Stand in the wings and feed them their lines.
10. Radio and Television. to distribute (a local broadcast) via satellite or network.
–verb (used without object)
11. (esp. of animals) to take food; eat: cows feeding in a meadow; to feed well.
12. to be nourished or gratified; subsist: to feed on grass; to feed on thoughts of revenge.
–noun
13. food, esp. for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
14. an allowance, portion, or supply of such food.
15. Informal. a meal, esp. a lavish one.
16. the act of feeding.
17. the act or process of feeding a furnace, machine, etc.
18. the material, or the amount of it, so fed or supplied.
19. a feeding mechanism.
20. Electricity. feeder (def. 10).
21. Theater Informal.
a. a line spoken by one actor, the response to which by another actor is expected to cause laughter.
b. an actor, esp. a straight man, who provides such lines.
22. a local television broadcast distributed by satellite or network to a much wider audience, esp. nationwide or international.
—Idioms
23. chain feed, to pass (work) successively into a machine in such a manner that each new piece is held in place by or connected to the one before.
24. off one's feed, Slang.
a. reluctant to eat; without appetite.
b. dejected; sad.
c. not well; ill.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME feden, OE fēdan; c. Goth fodjan, OS fōdian. See food

Related forms:
feed⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1, 2. nourish, sustain. 5. nurture, support, encourage, bolster. 13. Feed, fodder, forage, provender mean food for animals. Feed is the general word: pig feed; chicken feed. Fodder is esp. applied to dry or green feed, as opposed to pasturage, fed to horses, cattle, etc.: fodder for winter feeding; Cornstalks are good fodder. Forage is food that an animal obtains (usually grass, leaves, etc.) by searching about for it: Lost cattle can usually live on forage. Provender denotes dry feed, such as hay, oats, or corn: a supply of provender in the haymow and corn cribs.

Antonyms:
1, 2. starve.
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feed   (fēd)   
v.   fed (fěd), feed·ing, feeds

v.   tr.

    1. To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children.

    2. To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat.

    3. To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.

    4. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county.

    5. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.

    6. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.

    7. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite.

    8. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.

    9. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.

    1. To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.

    2. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county.

    3. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.

    4. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.

    5. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite.

    6. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.

    7. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.

    1. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.

    2. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.

    3. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite.

    4. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.

    5. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.

    1. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.

    2. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.

  5. To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor.

  6. Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially to set up a scoring chance.

v.   intr.

  1. To eat: pigs feeding at a trough.

  2. To be nourished or supported: an ego that feeds on flattery.

    1. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.

    2. To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway.

n.  

    1. Food for animals or birds.

    2. The amount of such food given at one time.

    3. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.

    4. The act of supplying such material.

    5. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.

    6. The aperture through which such material enters a machine.

    7. The transmission or conveyance of a local radio or television program, as by satellite, on the Internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations.

    8. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.

  2. Informal A meal, especially a large one.

  3. The act of eating.

    1. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.

    2. The act of supplying such material.

    3. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.

    4. The aperture through which such material enters a machine.

    5. The transmission or conveyance of a local radio or television program, as by satellite, on the Internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations.

    6. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.

    1. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.

    2. The aperture through which such material enters a machine.

    3. The transmission or conveyance of a local radio or television program, as by satellite, on the Internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations.

    4. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.

    1. The transmission or conveyance of a local radio or television program, as by satellite, on the Internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations.

    2. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.

  7. Sports A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance.


[Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

feed  (v.)
O.E. fedan "nourish, feed," from P.Gmc. *fothjanan (cf. O.S. fodjan, O.Fris. feda, Goth. fodjan "to feed"). The noun sense of "food for animals" is first attested 1588. Fed up "surfeited, disgusted, bored," is British slang first recorded 1900, extended to U.S. by World War I; probably from earlier phrases like fed up to the back teeth. In the electronic sense, feedback is from 1920. Feeding frenzy is from 1989, metaphoric extension of a phrase that had been used of sharks since 1950s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2feed
Function: noun
1 a : an act of eating b : MEAL; especially : a large meal
2 a : food for livestock; specifically : a mixture or preparation for feeding livestock b : the amount given at each feeding
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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