feed

Noun

• food for domestic livestock

Verb

• provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
  • We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
    

• gratify
  • feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view
    

• profit from in an exploitatory manner
  • He feeds on her insecurity
    

• move along, of liquids
  • Water flowed into the cave
    
  • the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi
    

• serve as food for; be the food for
  • This dish feeds six
    

• take in food; used of animals only
  • This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
    
  • What do whales eat?
    

• support or promote
  • His admiration fed her vanity
    

• introduce continuously
  • feed carrots into a food processor
    

• feed into; supply
  • Her success feeds her vanity
    

• give food to
  • Feed the starving children in India
    
  • don't give the child this tough meat
    

• provide as food
  • Feed the guests the nuts
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  provender , fertilize , fertilise , feast , prey , run , flow , course , eat , feed in , give
• Antonyms: 
  starve , famish