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Feeded vs. Feed — What's the Difference?

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Feeded

(nonstandard) feed

Feed

To give food to; supply with nourishment
Feed the children.

Feed

To provide as food or nourishment
Fed fish to the cat.

Feed

To serve as food for
The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.

Feed

To produce food for
The valley feeds an entire county.
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Feed

To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation
Feed logs to a fire.
Feed data into a computer.

Feed

To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation
Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.

Feed

To transmit (media content) by means of a communications network or satellite, as for processing or distribution.

Feed

To minister to; gratify
Fed their appetite for the morbid.

Feed

To support or promote; encourage
His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.

Feed

To supply as a cue
Feed lines to an actor.

Feed

(Sports) To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially to set up a scoring chance.

Feed

To eat. Used of animals
Pigs feeding at a trough.

Feed

To be nourished or supported
An ego that feeds on flattery.

Feed

To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.

Feed

To be channeled; flow
This road feeds into the freeway.

Feed

Food for animals, especially livestock.

Feed

The amount of such food given at one time.

Feed

(Informal) A meal, especially a large one
We had a great feed at the restaurant.

Feed

The act of providing food, especially to an animal
Food given at one feed.

Feed

Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.

Feed

The act of supplying such material.

Feed

An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.

Feed

The aperture through which such material enters a machine.

Feed

The transmission or conveyance of published content, as by satellite, on the internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations.

Feed

A signal or program made by means of such transmission
The satellite feed was garbled due to sunspot activity.

Feed

(Sports) A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance.

Feed

(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
Feed the dog every evening.

Feed

(intransitive) To eat usually of animals.
Spiders feed on gnats and flies.

Feed

(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
Feed the fish to the dolphins.

Feed

(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.

Feed

(figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).

Feed

To supply with something.
Springs feed ponds with water.

Feed

To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.

Feed

To pass to.

Feed

To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
Nasalization feeds raising.

Feed

To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.

Feed

Simple past tense and past participle of fee

Feed

(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.

Feed

Something supplied continuously.
A satellite feed

Feed

The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
The paper feed of a printer

Feed

The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.

Feed

A meal.

Feed

(countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
They held a crab feed on the beach.

Feed

(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.

Feed

A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.

Feed

To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.
If thine enemy hunger, feed him.
Unreasonable creatures feed their young.

Feed

To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Feeding him with the hope of liberty.

Feed

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

To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.
Thou shalt feed my people Israel.
Mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed.

Feed

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.
Once in three years feed your mowing lands.

Feed

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

To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.

Feed

To take food; to eat.
Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it would not feed.

Feed

To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; - with on or upon.
Leaving thy trunk for crows to feed upon.

Feed

To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.

Feed

To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.
If a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field.

Feed

That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.

Feed

A grazing or pasture ground.

Feed

An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.

Feed

A meal, or the act of eating.
For such pleasure till that hourAt feed or fountain never had I found.

Feed

The water supplied to steam boilers.

Feed

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

Food for domestic livestock

Feed

Provide as food;
Feed the guests the nuts

Feed

Give food to;
Feed the starving children in India
Don't give the child this tough meat

Feed

Feed into; supply;
Her success feeds her vanity

Feed

Introduce continuously;
Feed carrots into a food processor

Feed

Support or promote;
His admiration fed her vanity

Feed

Take in food; used of animals only;
This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
What do whales eat?

Feed

Serve as food for; be the food for;
This dish feeds six

Feed

Move along, of liquids;
Water flowed into the cave
The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

Feed

Profit from in an exploitatory manner;
He feeds on her insecurity

Feed

Gratify;
Feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view

Feed

Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to;
We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants

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