Feed
41feed — Synonyms and related words: abet, aid and abet, allay, appease, ask for, assuage, bank, banquet, barley, bed, bed down, bird seed, board, bran, bread, break, break bread, breed, bridle, brush, bunker, burn, care for, cat food, cater, cherish,… …
42feed — See: bite the hand that feeds one, chicken feed, off feed or off one s feed, spoon feed …
43feed — 1. n. Meal. 2. See stooge1. 3. feed one s face Eat (but usu. used in a critical sense). 4. feed the brute Feed one s husband. (Common advice to newly wed girls.) …
44feed — see feed a cold and starve a fever the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong feed a dog for three days and he will remember your kindness for three years; feed a cat for three years and she will forget your… …
45feed — v. & n. v. (past and past part. fed) 1 tr. a supply with food. b put food into the mouth of. 2 tr. a give as food, esp. to animals. b graze (cattle). 3 tr. serve as food for. 4 intr. (usu. foll. by on) (esp. of animals, or colloq. of people) take …
46feed in — verb introduce continuously feed carrots into a food processor • Syn: ↑feed • Derivationally related forms: ↑feeder (for: ↑feed) • Hypernyms: ↑insert …
47Feed — Fee Fee (f[=e]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feed} (f[=e]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Feeing}.] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. [1913 Webster] The patient . . . fees the doctor.… …
48feed on — phr verb Feed on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bird Feed on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑diet, ↑food, ↑remains …
49feed up — PHRASAL VERB If you feed someone up, you encourage them to eat extra food so that they put on weight. [BRIT] [V n P] She is too thin. Feed her up a bit. [Also V P n (not pron)] (in AM, use fatten up) …
50feed — verb (past and past participle fed fɛd) 1》 give food to. ↘provide an adequate supply of food for. 2》 take food; eat. ↘(feed on/off) derive regular nourishment from (a substance). 3》 supply with material, power, information, etc.… …
