feeder

• affluent
• backwater
• bayou
• branch
• brook
• brooklet
• confluent
• creek
• fountainhead
• head
• headstream
• headwater
• influent
• rill
• rivulet
• run
• source
• streamlet
• tributary

• distributary
• effluent

• noun
  1. One who feeds, or gives food to another.
  2. One who feeds, or takes in food.
  3. One who, or that which, feeds material into something.
  4. That which is used to feed.
  5. A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
  6. A branch line of a railway.
  7. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
  8. A feeder school.
  9. A feeder ship.
  10. A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
  11. (1800s) The pitcher.
  12. A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
  13. One who abets another.
  14. A parasite.

• They filled the bird feeder every morning to attract cardinals and sparrows.
• The new automatic feeder makes it easier to care for pets while traveling.
• A squirrel managed to climb onto the feeder and scare away the birds.
• The baby drank eagerly from the bottle feeder.
• Farmers installed a larger grain feeder to reduce manual refills.

farmer

farmers

bayou

• affluent
• backwater
• branch
• brook
• brooklet
• confluent
• creek
• feeder
• fountainhead
• head
• headstream
• headwater
• influent
• rill
• rivulet
• run
• source
• streamlet
• tributary

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