feed (fēd) v.
fed (fěd), feed·ing, feeds
v.
tr.
To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children. To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat. To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor. Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially to set up a scoring chance. v.
intr.
To eat: pigs feeding at a trough. To be nourished or supported: an ego that feeds on flattery. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing. To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway.
n. Food for animals or birds. The amount of such food given at one time. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace. The act of supplying such material. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine. The aperture through which such material enters a machine. 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. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.
Informal A meal, especially a large one. The act of eating. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace. The act of supplying such material. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine. The aperture through which such material enters a machine. 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. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.
An apparatus that supplies material to a machine. The aperture through which such material enters a machine. 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. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.
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. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.
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.] |