feeder

(fē'dər)
n.

1. One that supplies food: a bird feeder on a window ledge.
2. One that is fed, especially an animal that is being fattened for market.
3. A worker or device that feeds materials into a machine for further processing.
4. Something that contributes to the operation, maintenance, or supply of something else, especially:
   1. A tributary stream.
   2. A branch line of a transport system, as of an airline or a railroad.
5. Any of the medium-voltage lines used to distribute electric power from a substation to consumers or to smaller substations.
6. A transmission line between an antenna and a transmitter.

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Mechanism that automatically feeds paper to the printing press. Feeders may handle individual sheets of paper or continuous forms.

1. In power distribution, a group of electric conductors which originate at a main distribution center and supply one or more secondary distribution centers, one or more branch-circuit distribution centers, or a combination of these.
2. In a water distribution system, a water pipe connecting an appliance to the water supply system.

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Abbreviation for self-feeders. Used in feeding groups of animals at intervals of several days. Feed has to be dry and comminuted so that it will run down the spouts from the hopper into the troughs.

• magnetic f. — a self-feeding device in which a feed hopper is triggered to deliver a particular quantity of feed depending on the signal received from a transponder worn by an individual cow. The feeders are normally closed and will open only for cows carrying the transponder, and deliver either a set amount of feed to all cows or an amount specified in the particular cow's signal.

For a list of words related to feeder, see:

• Inland Waterways and Lakes - feeder: tributary leading to larger watercourse

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See words rhyming with "feeder."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - en der mader, en der spiser, hagesmæk, biflod, sidelinie, forsyner

Nederlands (Dutch)
(toe)voerder, (vr)eter, mestdier, schatplichtige, afslag naar belangrijke weg, zijlijn, fles van baby, slabbetje, aanvoerlijn/-rivier, toevoer-, aanvoer-

Français (French)
n. - mangeur, (Transp) bretelle de raccordement, (canal) d'amenée, (Rail) embranchement, (Agric) mangeoire automatique, (Élec) ligne d'alimentation, (GB) bavette, (Géog) affluent
adj. - alimenté

Deutsch (German)
n. - Versorger, Zubringer, Esser, Flasche, Babylatz
adj. - Zubringer-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τροφοδότης
adj. - τροφοδοτικός

Italiano (Italian)
affluente, alimentatore, immissario, raccordo, cavo d'alimentazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alimentador (m) (Mec.)

Русский (Russian)
обжора, приток, ветка

Español (Spanish)
n. - alimentador, tributario, afluente
adj. - ser o funcionar como alimentador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - matare, ätare, boskapsuppfödare, haklapp, inmatare (tekn.), nappflaska, tillflöde (äv. bildl.), matarväg (trafik), underblåsare
adj. - matar-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
饲养者, 奶瓶, 供给者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 飼養者, 奶瓶, 供給者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 먹이 주는 사람 , 공급자, 여물통, 먹는 사람, 공급장치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 食べる人, 肥育用家畜, 飼養家, 支流, 給電線, かいば桶, 哺乳瓶, 投手, 給紙機, 食う人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المطعم , المغذي , خط التغذيه (صفه) مطعم , مغذي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מזין, אכלן, בקבוק לתינוק, נתיב קישור, זרוע (נהר), מיתקן הזנה (במכונה)‬

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