Feed
Definition of Feed
Pronunciation: fēd v. t. | 1. | To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. | | 2. | To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard. | | 5. | 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. | | 6. | 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. | | 7. | (Mach.) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. | v. i. | 1. | To take food; to eat. | | 2. | To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; - with on or upon. | | 3. | To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. | | 4. | To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze. | n. | 1. | That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. | | 2. | A grazing or pasture ground. | | 3. | An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats. | | 4. | A meal, or the act of eating. | | 5. | The water supplied to steam boilers. | | 6. | (Mach.) 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. |
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