FEED

(noun) food for domestic livestock
synonyms : provender
The farm hand picked up the bucket of provender and headed off to feed the chickens and the pigs. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) introduce continuously
"feed carrots into a food processor"
synonyms : feed in
(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
"We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
synonyms : fertilise , fertilize
(verb) give food to
"Feed the starving children in India", "don't give the child this tough meat"
synonyms : give
(verb) take in food; used of animals only
"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat", "What do whales eat?"
synonyms : eat
(verb) serve as food for; be the food for
"This dish feeds six"
(verb) feed into; supply
"Her success feeds her vanity"
(verb) provide as food
"Feed the guests the nuts"
(verb) gratify
"feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
synonyms : feast
(verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner
"He feeds on her insecurity"
synonyms : prey
Mary’s neighbors prey on her generosity by borrowing things and never returning them. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) move along, of liquids
"Water flowed into the cave", "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
synonyms : course , flow , run
(verb) support or promote
"His admiration fed her vanity"

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