feed

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, v) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.

Verb[edit]

feed (third-person singular simple present feeds, present participle feeding, simple past and past participle fed)

  1. (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat, nurture.
    Feed the dog every evening.
  2. (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
    Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
  3. (transitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
    Feed the fish to the dolphins.
    • 2012 December 25 (airdate), Steven Moffat, The Snowmen (Doctor Who):
      DR SIMEON: I said I'd feed you. I didn't say who to.
  4. (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
    Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
    We got interesting results after feeding the computer with the new data.
  5. (sports, transitive) To pass to.
    • 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC:
      Morrison then played a pivotal role in West Brom's equaliser, powering through the middle and feeding Tchoyi, whose low, teasing right-wing cross was poked in by Thomas at the far post
Translations[edit]
to give food to eat
to eat
to give to a machine for processing

Noun[edit]

feed (countable and uncountable; plural feeds)

  1. (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
    They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
  2. Something supplied continuously; as, a satellite feed.
  3. (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in quantity
    They held a crab feed on the beach.
  4. (Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
    I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.

Derived terms[edit]

Internet: Encapsulated online content
Translations[edit]
food given to (especially herbivorous) animals
something supplied continuously; as, a satellite feed
a gathering to eat, especially in quantity
encapsulated online content that you can subscribe to with a feed reader
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Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the noun or verb feed

Etymology 2[edit]

fe(e) + -(e)d

Verb[edit]

feed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of fee

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish fichet (compare Scottish Gaelic fichead), genitive singular of fiche (“twenty”), from Proto-Celtic *wikantī (compare Welsh ugain), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥t (compare Latin vīgintī), from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two-ten”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /fiːdʒ/

Numeral[edit]

feed

  1. (cardinal) twenty
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