verbπShare(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat."Feed the dog every evening."foodactionfamilyanimalorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo eat (usually of animals)."Spiders feed on gnats and flies."animalfoodbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food."Feed the fish to the dolphins."foodanimalorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo give to a machine to be processed."Feed the paper gently into the document shredder."machinetechnologycomputingprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.)."The teacher's encouraging words were feeding his confidence. "mindsensationactionfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo supply with something."Springs feed ponds with water."foodorganismbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle."If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep."animalfoodagriculturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo pass to."The cashier was feeding bills into the money counter. "foodactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShare(of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule."Nasalization feeds raising."phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShare(of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule."The rule that adds "-ing" to a verb (like "walk" becoming "walking") is feeding the rule that combines "be" with a verb ending in "-ing" (like "is walking"). "languagelinguisticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn instance of giving food."The baby bird's constant chirping signaled it was time for another feeding. "foodactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn instance of eating (usually said of animals)."The zookeeper made sure to schedule the lion's feeding for midday. "animalfoodbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThat which is eaten; food."The farmer provided fresh hay as feeding for the cows. "foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThat which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland."The farmer worried about finding enough feeding for his cattle during the drought. "foodagricultureanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe loading of material into a machine that will process it."The factory supervisor oversaw the feeding of cardboard sheets into the printing press. "machinetechnologyprocessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading