Feed - Definition

n 1: food for domestic livestock [syn: feed, provender]
v 1: provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
2: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't
give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant:
famish, starve]
3: feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
4: introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
[syn: feed, feed in]
5: support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
6: take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat
certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: feed,
eat]
7: serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
8: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow,
feed, course]
9: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her
insecurity" [syn: prey, feed]
10: gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" [syn: feed,
feast]
11: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should
fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn:
fertilize, fertilise, feed]