feed

1. imp. & p. p. of Fee Source: opted

2. v. t. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. Source: opted

3. v. t. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire. Source: opted

4. v. t. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal. Source: opted

5. v. t. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard. Source: opted

6. v. t. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep. Source: opted

7. v. t. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler. Source: opted

8. v. t. To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. Source: opted

9. v. t. To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work). Source: opted

10. v. i. To take food; to eat. Source: opted

11. v. i. To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon. Source: opted

12. v. i. To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. Source: opted

13. v. i. To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze. Source: opted

14. n. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. Source: opted

15. n. A grazing or pasture ground. Source: opted

16. n. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats. Source: opted

17. n. A meal, or the act of eating. Source: opted

18. n. The water supplied to steam boilers. Source: opted

19. n. The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work. Source: opted

20. n. The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. Source: opted

21. n. The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion. Source: opted

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