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  • 31feed — v. 1) (A) they fed erroneous information to us; or: they fed us erroneous information 2) (d; tr.) to feed into, to (to feed data into a computer) 3) (D; intr.) to feed on (certain animals feed on insects) * * * [fiːd] or: they fed us erroneous… …

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  • 32feed — [c]/fid / (say feed) verb (fed, feeding) –verb (t) 1. to give food to; supply with nourishment. 2. (fed, feeding) )→ breastfeed. 3. to provide with the requisite materials for development, maintenance, or operation. 4. to yield, or serve as, food …

  • 33feed — {{11}}feed (n.) action of feeding, 1570s, from FEED (Cf. feed) (v.). Meaning food for animals is first attested 1580s. Of machinery, from 1892. {{12}}feed (v.) O.E. fedan nourish, feed, sustain, foster, from P.Gmc. *fodjan (Cf. O.S. fodjan,… …

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  • 34feed — 1. verb 1) feed the kids Syn: give food to, provide (food) for, cater for, cook for 2) feed the baby Syn: nurse, breast feed, suckle; bottle feed 3) too many cows feeding in a small area …

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  • 35feed on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms feed on : present tense I/you/we/they feed on he/she/it feeds on present participle feeding on past tense fed on past participle fed on 1) feed on something if an animal feeds on something, it eats it,… …

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  • 36feed — 1. verb /ˈfiːd/ a) to give food to eat, nurture Feed the dog every evening. b) to eat (usually of animals) Spiders feed on gnats and flies. 2 …

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  • 37feed*/*/*/ — [fiːd] (past tense and past participle fed [fed] ) verb I 1) [T] to give food to a person or an animal We ve been feeding the ducks on the river.[/ex] All the children will be properly fed and cared for.[/ex] The dogs were fed on raw meat.[/ex]… …

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  • 38feed-in — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : being or belonging to something that feeds material (as into a machine) or to the process of feeding in this way a feed in device connecting the main source of power to the subsidiary outlets used the main switch box as a… …

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  • 39feed — See: BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE, CHICKEN FEED, OFF FEED or OFF ONE S FEED, SPOON FEED …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40feed — See: BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE, CHICKEN FEED, OFF FEED or OFF ONE S FEED, SPOON FEED …

    Dictionary of American idioms