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English noun: feed | |||
| 1. | feed (food) food for domestic livestock | ||
| Synonyms | provender | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | food, nutrient | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bird feed, bird food, birdseed, blood meal, cattle cake, corn gluten feed, creep feed, cud, ensilage, feed grain, fish meal, fodder, mash, mast, oil cake, pet food, pet-food, petfood, pigswill, pigwash, rechewed food, silage, slop, slops, swill | ||
English verb: feed | |||
| 1. | feed (consumption) provide as food | ||
| Samples | Feed the guests the nuts. | ||
| Examples | They feed the animals | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
| 2. | feed (consumption) give food to | ||
| Samples | Feed the starving children in India. Don't give the child this tough meat. | ||
| Examples | They feed the food to the people, They feed the people the food | ||
| Synonyms | give | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aliment, bottlefeed, breakfast, breastfeed, corn, crop, dine, fodder, force-feed, give suck, graze, inject, lactate, lunch, malnourish, nourish, nurse, nutrify, overfeed, pasture, range, regurgitate, scavenge, slop, spoonfeed, suck, suckle, swill, undernourish, wet-nurse | ||
| Cause | eat | ||
| Antonyms | famish, starve | ||
| 3. | feed (consumption) feed into; supply | ||
| Samples | Her success feeds her vanity. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| 4. | feed (change) introduce continuously | ||
| Samples | Feed carrots into a food processor. | ||
| Synonyms | feed in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in | ||
| 5. | feed (social) support or promote | ||
| Samples | His admiration fed her vanity. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, boost, encourage, further, promote | ||
| 6. | feed (consumption) take in food; used of animals only | ||
| Samples | This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat. What do whales eat?. | ||
| Examples | The animals feed | ||
| Synonyms | eat | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | browse, crop, forage, graze, pasture, range, raven, suckle | ||
| Verb group | eat | ||
| 7. | feed (consumption) serve as food for; be the food for | ||
| Samples | This dish feeds six. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
| 8. | feed (motion) move along, of liquids | ||
| Samples | Water flowed into the cave. The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi. | ||
| Synonyms | course, flow, run | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circulate, drain, dribble, eddy, filter, flush, gush, gutter, jet, ooze, pour, purl, run down, run off, run out, run out, seep, spill, stream, surge, swirl, tide, trickle, waste, well out, whirl, whirlpool | ||
| 9. | feed (consumption) profit from in an exploitatory manner | ||
| Samples | He feeds on her insecurity. | ||
| Synonyms | prey | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exploit, work | ||
| 10. | feed (consumption) gratify | ||
| Samples | Feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view. | ||
| Synonyms | feast | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | regale, treat | ||
| 11. | feed (change) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | ||
| Samples | We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants. | ||
| Examples | They feed the trees | ||
| Synonyms | fertilise, fertilize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enrich | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dung, nitrify, topdress | ||
| Domain category | agriculture, farming, husbandry | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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