feed

/fiːd/ verb (past tense and past participle fed)

Translation

GIVE FOOD [T] › to give food to a person, group, or animal

beslemek, yedirmek, karnını doyurmak

I fed Simone's cat while she was away. Let's feed the children first, and then have our dinner.849921846

EAT FOOD [I] › If an animal or a baby feeds, it eats.

yemek, beslenmek, karnını doyurmak

The caterpillars feed on cabbage leaves.846

SUPPLY [T] › to supply something such as information to a person or a machine, especially in a regular or continuous way

vermek, beslemek, sağlamak

We fed them false information about our plans. Nicola fed the pages into the photocopier. → See also breast-feed794

(Definition of feed verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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