feed
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(verb) introduce continuously; as into a a machine or processor: "feed carrots into a food processor" |
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Synonyms: feed in |
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Related Words: enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in |
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(verb) give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
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Synonyms: give, grub |
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Related Words: aliment, bottlefeed, breakfast, breastfeed, cater, corn, crop, dine, fodder, force-feed, give suck, graze, inject, lactate, lunch, nourish, nurse, nutrify, overfeed, pasture, ply, provide, range, regurgitate, scavenge, slop, spoonfeed, suck, suckle, sup, supply, swill, wet-nurse |
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Antonyms: starve |
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(verb) take in food; used of animals only: "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
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Synonyms: eat |
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Related Words: browse, consume, crop, forage, graze, have, ingest, pasture, range, raven, suckle, take, take in, victual |
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(verb) serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six" |
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Related Words: cater, ply, provide, supply |
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(verb) feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" |
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Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply |
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(verb) provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts" |
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Related Words: cater, ply, provide, supply |
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(verb) gratify; "feed one's eye on a gorgeous view" |
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Synonyms: feast |
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Related Words: regale, treat |
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(verb) support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity" |
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Related Words: advance, boost, encourage, further, promote |
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(noun) food for domestic livestock |
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Synonyms: provender |
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Related Words: bird food, birdseed, blood meal, cattle cake, corn gluten feed, creep feed, cud, eatage, ensilage, feed grain, fish meal, fodder, food, forage, grass, mash, mast, nutrient, oil cake, pasturage, pasture, pet food, petfood, pigswill, pigwash, rechewed food, silage, slop, slops, swill |
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(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture and gardening; "We shoudl fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" |
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Synonyms: fertilize |
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Related Words: dung, enrich, nitrify, topdress |
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(verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity" |
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Synonyms: prey |
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Related Words: exploit |
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