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feed

verb

/fiːd/

Meaning

to give food to a person or animal

To give food to a person, animal, or machine.

She feeds the birds every morning.

She went outside to feed the chickens.

feed the fire

nourish, provide food, give food, provide, supply, sustain

Entry 1

nourish, provide food, give food

Entry 2

nourish, provide, supply, sustain

starve, deprive, withhold food, neglect

Entry 1

starve, deprive, withhold food

Entry 2

starve, neglect

feed the baby, feed animals, feed birds, feed hungry, properly feed, hand feed, feed data, feed information, feed on

Entry 1

feed the baby, feed animals, feed birds, feed hungry, properly feed, hand feed

Entry 2

feed animals, feed data, feed information, feed on

To become aware of or recognize something through the senses or the mind.

To assume or suggest something as a fact or basis for reasoning.

to describe something as better, worse, or more important than it really is

to offset or counteract the effect of something

To place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

to make smaller in size, amount, or degree; to decrease