feed
To give food to eatTo give (someone or something) food to eat.
» Please feed the dog every day.
Bitte geben Sie dem Hund jeden Tag zu fressen.
Bitte gib dem Hund jeden Tag zu fressen.
Пожалуйста, корми собаку каждый день.
Пожалуйста, кормите собаку каждый день.
Будь ласка, годуй собаку щодня.
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To give (someone or something) food to eat.
Feed the dog every evening.
ernähren, füttern
корми́тьkormítʹ
годува́тиhoduváty, харчува́тиxarčuváty, корми́тиkormýty
give food to
(intransitive)To eat (usually of animals).
Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
fressen
естьjestʹ, ку́шатьkúšatʹ, пита́тьсяpitátʹsja
take in food; used of animals only
(ditransitive)To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
Don't feed him too much; he's still a baby.
Feed the fish to the dolphins.
serve as food for; be the food for
(transitive)To give to a machine to be processed.
Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
füttern, einspeisen
подава́тьpodavátʹ, пита́тьpitátʹ
постача́тиpostačáty, жи́витиžývyty
(transitive)To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
We got interesting results after feeding the computer with the new data.
feed into; supply
(figuratively, transitive)To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
(transitive)To supply with something.
Springs feed ponds with water.
(transitive)To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
(transitive)To pass to.
(transitive)To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
Nasalization feeds raising.
(transitive)To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
Examples
1388 sentencesPlease feed the dog every day.
Будь ласка, годуй собаку щодня.
ruПожалуйста, корми собаку каждый день.
deBitte geben Sie dem Hund jeden Tag zu fressen.
I'm fed up with this weather.
Ця погода у мене вже в печінці сидить.
ruЭта погода у меня уже в печенках сидит.
deIch habe dieses Wetter satt.
Have you fed the dog yet?
Ти нагодувала собаку?
ruТы уже покормила псину?
deHast du dem Hund schon etwas zu fressen gegeben?
I am fed up with it.
Я ситий цим по горло.
ruЯ сыт этим по горло.
deIch habe genug davon.
What should I feed my dog?
Чим мені годувати собаку?
ruЧем мне покормить свою собаку?
deWas sollte ich meinem Hund zu fressen geben?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic *fFrom Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.
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Forms
feeds, feeding, fed, fedPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- feed upTo feed (a person or animal) until they are at a healthy weight.
- feed offTo consume as part of a diet.
- feed onOf an animal, to take as food, to obtain regular nourishment.
- feed backTo provide informational feedback to.
- feed intoTo be a tributary of another river or waterway.
- feed throughTo go through a process or location, producing a predictable result.
Synonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
52 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- fed up with
- feed the dog
- feed my dog
- feed his dog
- feed the chickens
- food to feed
- to feed the
- feed your dog
- to feed my
- forgot to feed
- feed the pigeons
- feed her dog