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Definition of Feed
Feed
feed


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(verb)
to give someone/something food or nourishment, or to take in food (the latter usually describing the behavior of babies and animals);

e.g. My grandmother loves to feed me delicious homemade food. We took the cat to the vet when it refused to feed for two days.

(verb)
to promote the growth or development of something, typically by providing it with something, often figuratively;

e.g. You can feed a habit of reading by keeping yourself surrounded by books.

(verb)
broadly, to provide a continuous supply of something, for example to insert some material or fuel into a machine or to deliver ideas of information to someone;

e.g. He started to feed the fire with wood so that it would keep burning. She tried to feed me advice and encouragement but I was too nervous to hear her.

(verb)
to pass through a space, or to cause something to do this;

e.g. The line of people started to feed through the door into the hallway outside. I tried to feed the wire through the tiny hole.

(noun)
food meant for domesticated animals, especially livestock;

e.g. The feed given to hens often affects the kind of eggs they lay.

(noun)
the action or instance of giving food to a baby or an animal, or the action or instance of taking in food;

e.g. After his feed, the baby will be put down for a nap.

(noun)
a mechanism for providing a constant supply of material to a device or machine, or the material thus supplied;

e.g. The printer has a jammed paper feed which is causing it to beep loudly. The clog disrupted the feed of fuel to the engine.

(noun)
a capability of an Internet service such as a website or a social media platform to show a continuous stream of new content as it is added or updated;

e.g. Her wedding pictures showed up on my feed, which is how I found out she had gotten married.




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