Feed | Mean of feed in English Dictionary

/ˈfiːd/

• Verb
• to give food to (someone or something)
1. Don't feed the animals.
2. He was too weak to feed himself.
3. We feed the plants with a special fertilizer twice a week.
4. We fed the horses with/on apples, oats, and hay.
• to give (something) as food to someone or something
1. They fed [=gave, served] us breakfast before we left. = They fed breakfast to us before we left.
2. The children fed apples to the horses.
3. He was feeding information to the enemy. [=he was secretly giving information to the enemy]
• to produce or provide food for (someone or something)
1. These supplies could feed a small army for a week.
2. He doesn't earn enough to feed a family of four.
3. helping to feed and clothe poor children

• to provide what is needed for the continued growth, operation, or existence of (something)
1. They used the wood to feed the fire.
2. The streams feed the creek.
3. The motor is fed by an electrical current.
• to supply (material to be used) to a machine
1. The logs are fed into the mill for processing.
2. She fed the data into the computer.
3. The camera feeds the images to a monitor.
• to give support or strength to (something, such as a feeling)
1. He fed their hopes with false promises.
2. fears fed by ignorance
3. Her early success only served to feed her ambition.
• to make (something) move through an opening
1. The procedure involves feeding a tube down the patient's throat.
2. She fed more coins into the slot.
• to pass a ball or puck to (a team member) especially for a shot at the goal
1. He fed the ball to a teammate for an easy basket.
• to give helpful information or criticism to someone about a performance, product, etc.
1. My music feeds back into my work.
2. Decide how your staff should feed back to you.
3. Computer users can feed their views back to the software companies.
• to gain strength, energy, or support from (something)
1. She fed off the crowd's enthusiasm.
2. His anger fed off his jealousy.
3. We are able to feed off each other's ideas.
• to eat (something) as food
1. Owls feed on insects, birds, and small mammals.
• to tell (someone) a story or an explanation that is not true
1. He fed me a line about how he was late because his car broke down.
• to make (someone) stronger or less thin by giving them large meals
1. His mother fed him up after his illness.
• to eat a lot of food
1. He sat there for an hour, just feeding his face.
• Noun
• food for animals
1. cattle feed
• a large meal
1. a good feed
• a part of a machine or system that sends material or electricity to other parts
1. There's a jam in the paper feed.
2. We had to cut off the main power feed.
• a television program that is sent to a station for broadcasting
1. They're showing a live satellite feed of the event.
• the action of passing a ball or puck to a team member who is in position to score
1. He scored off/on a feed from the left wing.