feed

(fēd)

v., fed (fĕd), feed·ing, feeds.

v.tr.

1. 1. To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children.
   2. To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat.
2. 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. 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. 1. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.
   2. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
5. To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor.
6. 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.
3. 1. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.
   2. To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway.

n.

1. 1. Food for animals or birds.
   2. The amount of such food given at one time.
2. Informal. A meal, especially a large one.
3. The act of eating.
4. 1. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.
   2. The act of supplying such material.
5. 1. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.
   2. The aperture through which such material enters a machine.
6. 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.
7. Sports. A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance.

idiom:

off (one's) feed

1. Suffering a lack of appetite; sick: The dog is off its feed this week.

[Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan.]

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A general term for the electronic distribution of information, whether text, audio or video. It may refer to a syndicated radio or TV program that is transmitted on a regular basis, or to a syndication feed that is available on a Web site or blog (see syndication format).

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verb

1. To sustain (a living organism) with food: nourish. See ingestion.
2. To maintain existence in a certain way: live¹, subsist. See ingestion.
3. To help bring about: encourage, foster, promote. See help/harm/harmless.

noun

A large meal elaborately prepared or served: banquet, feast, junket. Informal spread. See ingestion.

Idioms beginning with feed:
feed the kitty

See also bite the hand that feeds you; chicken feed; off one's feed; put on the feed bag.

v

Definition: give nourishment; augment
Antonyms: starve

IN BRIEF: Give food to.

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. — Muhammad, (570-632), Arabian, founder of Islam, author of Koran.

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i. The means of supplying ammunition to a gun or providing chaff to a dispenser.
ii. The point at which a signal enters a circuit or a device, such as an antenna feed.
iii. To provide a signal.

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Materials of nutritional value fed to animals. Each species has a normal diet composed of feeds or feedstuffs which are appropriate to its kind of alimentary tract and which are economically sensible as well as being nutritious and palatable. Agricultural animals at pasture have a diet which is very variable and subject to naturally occurring nutritional deficiencies. See also ration.

• acidification of f. — used to enhance the stomach acidity, reducing pH and salmonella infection as well as improving pig performance.
• f. additives — pharmaceutical or nutritional substances that are not natural feedstuffs are added to made-up and stored feeds for various purposes, chiefly to control infectious disease or to promote growth. Improper use may cause poisoning in the subject animals or undesirable residues in food for human consumption produced by the animals. The use of additives in this way is strictly controlled by legislation in most countries. Some of them require a prescription by a veterinarian to comply with local poisons laws. See also mass medication, growth promotants.
• f. beets — varieties of Beta vulgaris developed specifically to provide feed for cattle.
• f. blocks — nutritional materials pressed into a block form which animals lick or nibble. Used usually as a vehicle for protein and mineral–vitamin mixes with a variable amount of carbohydrate in the form of cereal grain or molasses.
• f. budget — comparison of feed required with feed available and likely to be grown during the time of the budget projection.
• f. bunk — see feedbunk.
• compound f. — a mixture of macro- and micronutrients in appropriate concentrations to be added to grain or concentrate mixtures to provide an adequate diet for high producing animals.
• f. concentrates — one method of supplying supplements and additives is to prepare a mix of these substances which is added to the basic ration. These mixes are called concentrates and, because they usually have a high content of cereal grains, mixes that contain only grain are also called concentrates.
• f. conversion — units of production (e.g. lb or kg weight gain) per unit of feed fed (lb or kg weight of feed fed) during a specified time period.
• f. conversion rate (FCR) — the number of pounds or kilograms of the ration needed to produce 1 pound or kilogram of animal under standard conditions.
• f. deprivation — complete or partial withholding of feed.
• forage f. — hay, ensilage, green chop. Any feed with a high cellulose content relative to other nutrients.
• f. grade — said of a consignment of grain. Suitable for animal feed but not for human consumption.
• f. grain — cereal and other grains used as animal feed. Includes wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize, sorghum.
• f. hopper — a funnel shaped bin used to store grain or pelleted feed.
• pelleted f. — concentrated foods made into pellets. Have the advantages of ease of handling, lack of dust and waste, and a standard composition of the pellets. They have the disadvantage of additional cost and the potential danger of destruction of vitamins by heat or compression during processing. A common feeding technique in poultry and rabbits. See also ruminal parakeratosis.
• f. poisoning — a group of acute illnesses due to ingestion of contaminated food. It may result from allergy, toxemia from foods such as those inherently poisonous or those contaminated by poisons, foods containing poisons formed by bacteria or bloodborne infections. Food poisoning usually causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (gastroenteritis).
• f. refusal — the patient is hungry but refuses to eat the particular feed.
• f. residues — materials left over from some treatment of pasture or crop, or of animal material from animals that have been treated with for example a chlorinated hydrocarbon. The residues may be toxic to the animals or their risk may be that of subsequent passage to the human food chain.
• f. standards — a set of tables which include the amounts of each dietary constituent required by each age and class of animal for maintenance and for different levels of production. When complemented by tables of composition of feeds it is then possible to accurately formulate rations for individual or groups of animals, a process essential for operation of a least-cost ration feeding program.
• f. supplements — nutritive materials which are feedstuffs in their own right and which are added to a basic diet such as pasture to supplement its deficiencies. Includes trace elements and macrofeeds such as protein supplements.
• f. antibiotic supplement — antibiotics fed to supply undefined growth promotion factors to farm animals. Called also feed probiotic supplements.
• f. probiotic supplement — see feed antibiotic supplement (above).
• f. utilization — proportion of a feed which can be utilized by the patient for bodily functions; abnormality may be a characteristic of the feed or of the patient's digestive or metabolic processes.

For a list of words related to feed, see:

• Eating Verbs - feed: eat, esp. out of hunger only, usu. said of animals
• Food in General - feed: one meal; animal food or fodder
• Ranching and Animal Husbandry - feed: food or fodder for livestock
• Television Technology - feed: program transmitted by network to affiliates for broadcast, usu. sent out before airtime; recording of event or live report transmitted to studio

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fodre, tilfredsstille, støtte
v. intr. - indtage føde, græsse, spise
n. - foder, fremføring, tilspænding, skyder

idioms:

• fed up    være led og ked af
• feed lot    firma der opfeder dyr til salg
• feed on    leve af, æde
• feed up    opfodre
• feeding bottle    sutteflaske
• feeding ground    fodringsplads, sted hvor der findes næring

Nederlands (Dutch)
voeren, voeden, eten, verzadigen, steunen, verschaffen, door bepaalde kanalen leiden, verzenden, aanvoeren, voeding, maaltijd, toegevoerd materiaal, voeder, toevoerlijn

Français (French)
v. tr. - nourrir, donner à manger, donner le sein, donner le biberon, donner la becquée à, introduire qch dans, (Comput) faire avancer une feuille, fournir (informations), (Théât) donner la réplique, (Sport) faire passer (le ballon)
v. intr. - se nourrir, être alimenté par, s'introduire dans, paître, brouter
n. - ration de nourriture, bouffe, biberon, tétée

idioms:

• fed up    en avoir marre de, être saturé
• feed back    envoyer (des informations)
• feed lot    exploitation agricole (pour l'engraissement des animaux)
• feed on    se nourrir de
• feed up    engraisser (les animaux)
• feeding bottle    biberon
• feeding ground    pâturage

Deutsch (German)
v. - ernähren, füttern, pflegen, versorgen
n. - Futter, Mahlzeit, Essen, Versorgung

idioms:

• fed up    etwas satt haben, (ugs) die Nase voll haben
• feed back    (Comp) Feedback, Rückmeldung, (Elek) Rückkoppelung, (fig) Reaktion
• feed lot    Weide
• feed on    nähren von, sich nähren von, füttern mit, ernähren mit
• feed up    mästen
• feeding bottle    Saugflasche
• feeding ground    Weidefläche

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ταϊζω, (δια)τρέφω/-ομαι, τροφοδοτώ/-ούμαι
n. - τροφή, λήψη τροφής, τάισμα, τροφοδοσία, τροφοδότηση

idioms:

• feed lot    χώρος εκτροφής ζώων (για ταχεία σφαγή)
• feed on    τρέφω/-ομαι με
• feed up    υπερσιτίζω
• feeding bottle    μπιμπερό
• feeding ground    βοσκοτόπι

Italiano (Italian)
alimentare, foraggiare, cibare, nutrire, cibo, alimento, foraggio

idioms:

• feed up    ingrassare
• feeding bottle    biberon
• feeding ground    pascolo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - alimentar, sustentar
n. - refeição (f)

idioms:

• feed on    alimentar-se de
• feed up    engordar
• feeding bottle    mamadeira (f)
• feeding ground    pasto (m)

Русский (Russian)
кормить, снабжать, подкрепляться, суфлировать, подыгрывать, накачивать, питание, корм, кормление, угощение, подача материала

idioms:

• feed on    питаться, разжечь
• feed up    усиленно питать
• feeding bottle    детская бутылочка
• feeding ground    пастбище, питательная среда

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - alimentar, dar de comer, nutrir
v. intr. - alimentarse, comer, pastar
n. - comida, alimento, forraje, pasto, pienso

idioms:

• fed up    estar hasta la coronilla, estar harto, estar cansado
• feed back    realimentación
• feed lot    compañía que engorda animales para el mercado
• feed on    alimentarse de
• feed up    engordar, cebar
• feeding bottle    biberón
• feeding ground    semillero, zona de engorde

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utfodra, bespisa, föda, kunna föda, mata, ge näring åt, förse, tillföra, föra i bet, beta på (äng), ge skådespelare stickrepliker, sufflera
n. - utfodring, foder, mål mat, matning (tekn.), laddning (tekn.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
喂养, 放牧, 饲养, 吃东西, 流入, 一餐, 饲料

idioms:

• feed lot    饲育场
• feed on    以...为食物
• feed up    供给...食物
• feeding bottle    哺乳瓶
• feeding ground    聚食场

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 餵養, 放牧, 飼養
v. intr. - 吃東西, 流入
n. - 飼養, 一餐, 飼料

idioms:

• feed lot    飼育場
• feed on    以...為食物
• feed up    供給...食物
• feeding bottle    哺乳瓶
• feeding ground    聚食場

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에게 먹을 것을 주다, (연료 등을) 공급하다
v. intr. - 먹다 , 먹이로 하다
n. - 사료, 여물, 사육

idioms:

• feed on    ~을 먹이로 하다
• feed up    ~을 살찌게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 授乳する, 食べ物を与える, 養う, 育てる, 飼う, 食事をする, 食べる, えさとして与える, 満足させる, 供給する, 食物を与える
n. - えさ, えさを食べること, 食事を与えること, 燃料, 食事

idioms:

• feed on    餌にする, 常食にする
• feed up    滋養物を食べさせる, 太らせる, …にあきあきしている

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمد , يطعم , يغذي (الاسم) وجبه طعام , غذاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮האכיל, הזין‬
v. intr. - ‮אכל, נשפך לתוך (נחל)‬
n. - ‮הספקה, מזון, ארוחה, מספוא, כלי-הזנה‬

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