feed

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /'fid/
• SAMPA: /'fid/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Verb

Plain form feed

Third-person singular feeds

Past tense fed

Past participle fed

Present participle feeding

An adult feeding a baby

1. (transitive) When you feed someone, you give them food to eat.

   I feed my dog chicken bones every day.

2. (intransitive) To eat.

   Farm-raised chickens feed on grain.

3. (transitive) To give something to a machine.

   To start printing, feed the paper into the printer.

   Don't forget to feed the parking meter.

Noun

Singular feed

Plural feeds

1. (uncountable) Food that is eaten by animals.

   Bird feed consists mainly of seeds.

This short entry needs someone to make it better. You can help Wiktionary by adding to it.