Definitions for the word "Feed" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. imp. & p. p.
of Fee
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
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).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To take food; to eat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. i.
To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
A grazing or pasture ground.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. n.
An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. n.
A meal, or the act of eating.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. n.
The water supplied to steam boilers.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. n.
The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. n.
The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
21. n.
The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
22. v.
(past and past part. Fed) 1 a supply with food. B put food into the mouth of. 2 give as food, esp. To animals. 3 (usu. Foll. By on) (esp. Of animals, or colloq. Of people) eat. 4 (often foll. By on) nourish or be nourished by; benefit from. 5 a keep (a fire, machine, etc.) Supplied with fuel etc. B (foll. By into) supply (material) to a machine etc. C (often foll. By into) (of a river etc.) Flow into a lake etc. D keep (a meter) supplied with coins to ensure continuity. 6 slang supply (an actor etc.) With cues. 7 sport send passes to (a player). 8 gratify (vanity etc.). 9 provide (advice, information, etc.) To. n. 1 food, esp. For animals or infants. 2 feeding; giving of food. 3 colloq. Meal. 4 a raw material for a machine etc. B provision of or device for this. feed back produce feedback. Feed up fatten. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
23. slang
a meal, generally a dinner. Originally stable slang, now pretty
general.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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