feed

1. (transitive)To give (someone or something) food to eat.

   Feed the dog every evening.

   ernähren, füttern

   корми́тьkormítʹ

   годува́тиhoduváty, харчува́тиxarčuváty, корми́тиkormýty

   give food to

2. (intransitive)To eat (usually of animals).

   Spiders feed on gnats and flies.

   fressen

   естьjestʹ, ку́шатьkúšatʹ, пита́тьсяpitátʹsja

   take in food; used of animals only

3. (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

4. (transitive)To give to a machine to be processed.

   Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.

   füttern, einspeisen

   подава́тьpodavátʹ, пита́тьpitátʹ

   постача́тиpostačáty, жи́витиžývyty

5. (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

6. (figuratively, transitive)To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).

7. (transitive)To supply with something.

   Springs feed ponds with water.

8. (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.

9. (transitive)To pass to.

10. (transitive)To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).

    Nasalization feeds raising.

11. (transitive)To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).

1. Please feed the dog every day.

   Будь ласка, годуй собаку щодня. — ascolto

   ruПожалуйста, корми собаку каждый день. — marafon

   deBitte geben Sie dem Hund jeden Tag zu fressen. — raggione

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2. I'm fed up with this weather.

   Ця погода у мене вже в печінці сидить. — deniko

   ruЭта погода у меня уже в печенках сидит. — shanghainese

   deIch habe dieses Wetter satt. — Sudajaengi

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3. Have you fed the dog yet?

   Ти нагодувала собаку? — shanghainese

   ruТы уже покормила псину? — shanghainese

   deHast du dem Hund schon etwas zu fressen gegeben? — raggione

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4. I am fed up with it.

   Я ситий цим по горло. — deniko

   ruЯ сыт этим по горло. — sharptoothed

   deIch habe genug davon. — MUIRIEL

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5. What should I feed my dog?

   Чим мені годувати собаку? — deniko

   ruЧем мне покормить свою собаку? — Balamax

   deWas sollte ich meinem Hund zu fressen geben? — Dejo

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irregular · Lesson

• 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.