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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.

  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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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