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