feed

/fid/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle fed /fed/) (GIVE FOOD)

Definition

› to give food to a person or animal, or of an animal to eat: [T] We fed the kids some leftovers. [I] The cows were feeding in the pasture. › If you feed a plant, you give it substances that help it grow.

(Definition of feed v (GIVE FOOD) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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feds pl n
fee n
feeble adj
feebleminded adj
feed n FOOD
feed v GIVE FOOD
feed v SUPPLY
feedback n
feeding frenzy n competition
feeding frenzy n hunting
feeding n

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