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

    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.
    1. reluctant to eat; without appetite.
    2. dejected; sad.
    3. not well; ill.

Origin of feed

before 950; Middle English feden, Old English fēdan; cognate with Gothic fodjan, Old Saxon fōdian. See food

SYNONYMS FOR feed

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, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for off one's feed

feed
/ (fiːd) /

verb feeds, feeding or fed (fɛd) (mainly tr)

noun

Derived forms of feed

feedable, adjective

Word 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