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feed

noun verb

food for domestic livestock

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Word length
4
Starts with
F
Ends with
D
Contains
EE
Scrabble score
8
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. food for domestic livestock

verb

  1. introduce continuously

    “feed carrots into a food processor”

verb

  1. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

    “We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants”

verb

  1. give food to

    “Feed the starving children in India”

verb

  1. take in food; used of animals only

    “This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat”

verb

  1. serve as food for; be the food for

    “This dish feeds six”

verb

  1. feed into; supply

    “Her success feeds her vanity”

verb

  1. provide as food

    “Feed the guests the nuts”

verb

  1. gratify

    “feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view”

verb

  1. profit from in an exploitatory manner

    “He feeds on her insecurity”

verb

  1. move along, of liquids

    “Water flowed into the cave”

verb

  1. support or promote

    “His admiration fed her vanity”

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Example Sentences

feed carrots into a food processor
We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
Feed the starving children in India
don't give the child this tough meat
This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
What do whales eat?
This dish feeds six
Her success feeds her vanity
Feed the guests the nuts
feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view
He feeds on her insecurity
Water flowed into the cave
the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
His admiration fed her vanity

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