feed
[ feed ]
/ fid /
verb (used with object), fed, feed·ing.
verb (used without object), fed, feed·ing.
(especially of animals) to take food; eat: cows feeding in a meadow; to feed well.
to be nourished or gratified; subsist: to feed on grass; to feed on thoughts of revenge.
noun
Idioms for feed
- reluctant to eat; without appetite.
- dejected; sad.
- not well; ill.
chain feed,
to pass (work) successively into a machine in such a manner that each new piece is held in place by or connected to the one before.
off one's feed, Slang.
Origin of feed
before 950; Middle English
feden, Old English
fēdan; cognate with Gothic
fodjan, Old Saxon
fōdian. See
food
ANTONYMS FOR feed
1, 2
starve.
synonym study for feed
13.
Feed,
fodder,
forage,
provender mean food for animals.
Feed is the general word:
pig feed; chicken feed.
Fodder is especially applied to dry or green feed, as opposed to pasturage, fed to horses, cattle, etc.:
fodder for winter feeding; Cornstalks are good fodder.
Forage is food that an animal obtains (usually grass, leaves, etc.) by searching about for it:
Lost cattle can usually live on forage.
Provender denotes dry feed, such as hay, oats, or corn:
a supply of provender in the haymow and corn cribs.
OTHER WORDS FROM feed
feed·a·ble, adjective out·feed, verb (used with object), out·fed, out·feed·ing. re·feed, verb, re·fed, re·feed·ing. un·feed·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby feed
British Dictionary definitions for off one's feed
feed
/ (fiːd) /
verb feeds, feeding or fed (fɛd) (mainly tr)
noun
Derived forms of feed
feedable, adjectiveWord Origin for feed
Old English
fēdan; related to Old Norse
fœtha to feed, Old High German
fuotan, Gothic
fōthjan; see
food,
fodder
Idioms and Phrases with off one's feed (1 of 2)
off one's feed
Have no desire to eat, have lost one's appetite, as in Even though Mom's gone only for a week, her absence puts Dad off his feed. Originating in the early 1800s and first used only for animals, this colloquial term later was applied to humans as well.
Idioms and Phrases with off one's feed (2 of 2)
feed