Meaning

10 senses
  1. (uncountable)Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.

    They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.

    Futter

    кормkorm, фура́жfuráž, пи́щаpíšča

  2. (countable, uncountable)Something supplied continuously.

    a satellite feed

    Einspeisung

    пода́чаpodáča, пита́ниеpitánije

  3. (countable, uncountable)The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.

    the paper feed of a printer

  4. (countable, uncountable)The part of a fountain pen that supplies ink to the nib.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.

  6. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, countable)A meal.

  7. (countable)A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.

    They held a crab feed on the beach.

    Futtern, Fütterung

    обжираловкаobžiralovka, пирушкаpiruška

  8. Online content presented sequentially:

    (Internet, countable, uncountable)Antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.

    I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.

    Feed

    новостна́я ле́нтаnovostnája lénta, ле́нта новосте́йlénta novostéj, фидfid

  9. (Internet, countable, often, uncountable)Content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated

  10. (countable, uncountable)A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.

More definitions
  • food for domestic livestock

Examples

1388 sentences
  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

  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

  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

  4. I am fed up with it.

    Я ситий цим по горло. — deniko

    ruЯ сыт этим по горло. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe genug davon. — MUIRIEL

  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

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
food given to (especially herbivorous) animals:
something supplied continuously; as, a satellite feed:
a gathering to eat, especially in quantity:
encapsulated online content:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
food given to (especially herbivorous) animals:
something supplied continuously; as, a satellite feed:
a gathering to eat, especially in quantity:
encapsulated online content:

Origin

From Middle English fede, fed, from the verb (see above). Alternatively, perhaps from Old

From Middle English fede, fed, from the verb (see above). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse fœða (“nourishment, food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), whence also Old English fēdan (“to feed”).

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Forms

plural: feeds
Singularfeed
Pluralfeeds

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

60 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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