feed meaning and definition

FEED noun

Definition of feed (noun)

1. food for domestic livestock
   • synonyms: provender

FEED verb

Definition of feed (verb)

1. provide as food
   • "Feed the guests the nuts"
2. give food to
   • "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
   • synonyms: give
   • antonym: famish
3. feed into; supply
   • "Her success feeds her vanity"
4. introduce continuously
   • "feed carrots into a food processor"
   • synonyms: feed in
5. support or promote
   • "His admiration fed her vanity"
6. take in food; used of animals only
   • "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
   • synonyms: eat
7. serve as food for; be the food for
   • "This dish feeds six"
8. move along, of liquids
   • "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
   • synonyms: course, flow, run
9. profit from in an exploitatory manner
   • "He feeds on her insecurity"
   • synonyms: prey
10. gratify
    • "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
    • synonyms: feast
11. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
    • "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
    • synonyms: fertilise, fertilize