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feed

The word “feed” has 1 syllable: feed

It's pronounced as /fid/

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In the thesaurus, “feed” has 104 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for feed along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for feed

Antonyms for feed

Meanings of feed

  • noun
    1. Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
    2. Something supplied continuously.
    3. The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
    4. The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
    5. A meal.
    6. A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.
    7. Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
  • verb
    1. (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
    2. To eat (usually of animals).
    3. To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
    4. To give to a machine to be processed.
    5. To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
    6. To supply with something.
    7. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
    8. To pass to.
    9. (of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
    10. (of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
    11. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.

Example Sentences

  • Don’t forget to feed the cat before you leave for work.
  • Farmers wake up early every day to feed the animals.
  • She used her phone to scroll through the latest updates on her news feed.
  • They set up a bird feeder to feed the sparrows in the backyard.
  • The charity works to feed hundreds of families each week.

On this page you'll find 114 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to feed, such as: administer, allocate, apportion, assign, bake, banquet, barbecue.

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