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feed    Audio Help   [feed] Pronunciation Key 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.
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 fédan; c. Goth fodjan, OS fōdian. See food]

feed·a·ble, adjective

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.
1, 2. starve.
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fee    Audio Help   [fee] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, feed, fee·ing.
–noun
1.a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor's fee.
2.a sum paid or charged for a privilege: an admission fee.
3.a charge allowed by law for the service of a public officer.
4.Law.
a.an estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs(fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail).
b.an inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
c.a territory held in fee.
5.a gratuity; tip.
–verb (used with object)
6.to give a fee to.
7.Chiefly Scot. to hire; employ.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < AF; OF fie, var. of fief fief. See feudal]

feeless, adjective

1. stipend, salary, emolument; honorarium.
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n.  
  1. A fixed sum charged, as by an institution or by law, for a privilege: a license fee; tuition fees.
  2. A charge for professional services: a surgeon's fee.
  3. A tip; a gratuity.
  4. Law An inherited or heritable estate in land.
    1. In feudal law, an estate in land granted by a lord to his vassal on condition of homage and service. Also called feud2, fief.
    2. The land so held.

tr.v.   feed, fee·ing, fees
  1. To give a tip to.
  2. Scots To hire.


[Middle English fe, from Old English feoh, cattle, goods, money, and from Anglo-Norman fee, fief (from Old French fie, fief, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English feoh); see peku- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: It is possible to see the idea of money taking hold of the human mind by studying a few words that express the notion of wealth or goods. The word fee now denotes money paid or received for a service rendered. Fee comes from Old English feoh, which has three meanings, all equally ancient: "cattle, livestock"; "goods, possessions, movable property"; "money." The Germanic form behind the Old English is *fehu, which derives by Grimm's Law from Indo-European *peku-, "cattle." *Fehu is therefore a cognate of Latin pecu, "cattle," also a direct descendant of Indo-European *peku-. Latin pecu has several derivatives that ultimately were borrowed into English. One was pecūnia, "money," the source of our word pecuniary. Another was pecūliāris, "pertaining to one's pecūlium or property," the source of our word peculiar. Finally, our word peculator comes from yet a third derivative, pecūlātor, "embezzler of public money, peculator."

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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.
  1. To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor.
  2. 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.
  1. Informal A meal, especially a large one.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.]

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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.

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feed

noun
1. food for domestic livestock 

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" [ant: famish
3. feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" 
4. introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" 
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?" 
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" [syn: run
9. profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity" [syn: prey
10. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" 
11. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn: fertilize

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In addition to the idioms beginning with feed, also see bite the hand that feeds you; chicken feed; off one's feed; put on the feed bag.


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feed1 [fiːd] verbpast tense, past participle fed [fed]
to give food to
Example: He fed the child with a spoon.
Arabic: يُطْعِم
Chinese (Simplified): 喂养
Chinese (Traditional): 餵養
Czech: krmit
Danish: give mad; made
Dutch: voeden
Estonian: söötma
Finnish: syöttää
French: nourrir
German: füttern
Greek: ταΐζω
Hungarian: etet
Icelandic: gefa að borða; mata
Indonesian: memberi makan
Italian: dar da mangiare*, nutrire
Japanese: 食物を与える
Korean: 음식을 주다, 먹이다
Latvian: barot; ēdināt
Lithuanian: maitinti
Norwegian: gi mat, fôre; amme
Polish: żywić, karmić
Portuguese (Brazil): alimentar
Portuguese (Portugal): alimentar
Romanian: a hrăni
Russian: кормить
Slovak: kŕmiť, chovať
Slovenian: hraniti
Spanish: dar de comer a, alimentar
Swedish: mata, utfodra
Turkish: beslemek
feed2 [fiːd] verb
(with on) to eat
Example: Cows feed on grass.
Arabic: يَعْتاش على
Chinese (Simplified):
Chinese (Traditional): 喫, 吃
Czech: živit se, pást se na
Danish: æde; leve af
Dutch: leven van
Estonian: toituma
Finnish: syödä
French: se nourrir (de)
German: ernähren
Greek: τρέφομαι (με)
Hungarian: eszik
Icelandic: nærast á, lifa á, éta
Indonesian: makan
Italian: nutrirsi
Japanese: 食べる
Korean: 먹다, 식사하다
Latvian: baroties
Lithuanian: maitintis
Norwegian: beite, gresse, ete
Polish: żywić się
Portuguese (Brazil): comer
Portuguese (Portugal): alimentar-se
Romanian: a se hrăni (cu)
Russian: кормиться
Slovak: žrať
Slovenian: hraniti se
Spanish: comer
Swedish: äta, livnära sig på
Turkish: beslenmek
feed [fiːd] noun
food especially for a baby or animals
Example: Have you given the baby his feed?; cattle feed
Arabic: عَلَف، طعام، وَجْبَه
Chinese (Simplified): 食物
Chinese (Traditional): 食物
Czech: dávka krmení, jídlo; krmení, žrádlo
Danish: måltid; foder
Dutch: voeding
Estonian: toit, sööt
Finnish: ruoka, rehu
French: biberon, fourrage
German: die Mahlzeit, das Futter
Hungarian: táplálék
Icelandic: fæði
Indonesian: makanan
Italian: pasto; pascolo; foraggio
Japanese: 食べ物
Korean: 먹이
Latvian: barība; ēdiens
Lithuanian: maistas, pašaras
Norwegian: mat, føde
Polish: pokarm, pasza
Portuguese (Brazil): comida, alimento
Portuguese (Portugal): comida
Romanian: biberon; nutreţ
Russian: питание; корм
Slovak: pitie, jedlo (pre dieťa); krmivo
Slovenian: hrana, krma
Spanish: comida
Swedish: utfodring, mat
Turkish: mama, besin, yem
See also: fed up

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Fed\, imp. & p. p. of Feed.
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Fee\ (f[=e]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feed (f[=e]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeing.] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

The patient . . . fees the doctor. --Dryden.

There's not a one of them but in his house I keep a servant feed. --Shak.
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Feed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fed; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding.] [AS. f?dan, fr. f?da food; akin to C?. f?dian, OFries f?da, f?da, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f[ae]?a, Sw. f["o]da, Dan. f["o]de. ? 75. See Food.]

1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.

If thine enemy hunger, feed him. --Rom. xii. 20.

Unreasonable reatures feed their young. --Shak.

2. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. --Shak.

Feeding him with the hope of liberty. --Knolles.

3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.

4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.

Thou shalt feed people Israel. --2 Sam. v. 2.

Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed. --B. Cornwall.

5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.

Once in three years feed your mowing lands. --Mortimer.

6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.

7. (Mach.) (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).
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