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feed
has definitions from the fields of food,agriculture
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[ verb ] (food) provide as food
Examples "Feed the guests the nuts" Used in print (National Review, xi: 26...)But the army which Mao continues to feed well , where are its sympathies ? (Ernest Becker, Zen: A Rational Critique. New York: W.W....)This picture of extreme self-reliant individuation is difficult to reconcile with such Zendo formulas as : '' O you , demons and other spiritual_beings , I now offer this to you , and may this food fill_up the ten quarters of the world and all the demons and other spiritual_beings be fed therewith . (Idwal Jones, "Santa Cruz Run"...)They had been fed a hunting breakfast , so called because a kedgeree , the dish identified with fox_hunting , was on the bill . (Ruth F. Rosevear, "North Country School Cares for...)They learn to like these so well that it is n't surprising to hear that one boy tried the oats he was feeding his horse at chore time . (Cordwainer Smith, "A Planet Named Shayol,"...)The dromozoa fed him in their mysterious way ; the drug canceled_out his needs for cycles of the body . |
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[ noun ] (food) food for domestic livestock
Synonyms Used in print (Successful Farming, 59:12...)Knowing specifically what the many feed additives can do and_how and when to feed them can make a highly competitive business more profitable for beef , dairy , and sheep_men . The drug 's chemical name is listed , since most states require feed processors to use this name instead of the trade_name on the feed tag . The drug 's chemical name is listed , since most states require feed processors to use this name instead of the trade_name on the feed tag . This indicates that this drug is being marketed under one trade_name only or state regulatory organizations have approved its use on the feed tag . Increases rate of gain and improves feed efficiency , aids in the prevention or treatment ( depending_on level fed ) of the early stages of shipping_fever , prevents or treats bacterial diarrhea , and aids in reducing incidence of bloat and liver abscesses . |
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[ verb ] (food) give food to
Examples "Feed the starving children in India" "don't give the child this tough meat" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)His father Soeren was the village apothecary whose slender income made it difficult to feed his family , let_alone educate them in a town without even a school . (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)A Pennsylvania soldier wrote that `` they were the hardest looking set of men that Ever i saw they Looked as if they had been fed on vinegar and shavings '' . (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)Half of the population of the U._S. would be needed to work_on arms just to feed the people '' . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)The Prince visited the hospital of Operation Brotherhood , supported by the Junior_Chamber_of_Commerce of the Philippines , and fed rice to two pet elephants he kept at his residence at Pak_Song . (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)The slaves never shared in their profits , while they did share , in a very real sense , in the profits of the slave owners : they were fed , clothed , doctored , and_so_forth ; they were the beneficiaries of responsible , paternalistic care . |
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[ verb ] feed into; supply
Examples "Her success feeds her vanity" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)Almost daily something is reported which feeds this Catholic hope in England : statistics of the increasing numbers of converts and Irish Catholic immigrants ; news of a Protestant minister in Leamington who has offered to allow a Catholic priest to preach from his pulpit ; a report that a Catholic nun had been requested to teach in a non-Catholic secondary_school during the sickness of one of its masters ; the startling statement in a respectable periodical that `` Catholics , if the present system is still in_operation , will constitute almost one-third of the House_of_Lords in the next generation '' ; a report that 200 Protestant clergymen and laity attended a votive Mass offered for Christian unity at a Catholic_church in Slough during the Church Unity Octave . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)Although the tape was run for over 1 hr. , a steady state was not reached , and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built_up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)There was an artificial_lake just out_of_sight in the first stand of trees , fed by a half dozen springs that popped_out of the ground above the hillside orchard . |
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[ verb ] introduce continuously; as into a machine or processor
Synonyms Examples : "feed carrots into a food processor" Used in print (James Blish, The Star Dwellers....)There was only one possible answer , but Jack 's horrified mind refused to believe it until he had fed the radar plots of the skiff 's course into the computer . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (food) take in food; used of animals only
Synonyms Examples : "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat" "What do whales eat?" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)The commercial propagandist , who can n't afford to be critical , gets_along well with the amateur , from whom he feeds , but he frequently steps on the analyst 's toes by refusing to keep his material genuine . |
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[ verb ] support or promote
Examples "His admiration fed her vanity" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)He fed the captain bits of history about the troops and the regiment . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (food) serve as food for; be the food for
Examples "This dish feeds six" Used in print (Covered Bridge Topics, XIX:2...)Jones relented , he did not order his men to apply the torch - the drove of livestock was driven up the valley , via Beverly , and across the mountains to feed and serve the Confederate army , while Jones and his raiders turned toward Buckhannon to join forces with Imboden . Related terms |
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