Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - feed
Feed
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v. & n. --v. (past and past part. fed) 1 tr. a supply with food. b put food into the mouth of. 2 tr. a give as food, esp. to animals. b graze (cattle). 3 tr. serve as food for. 4 intr. (usu. foll. by on) (esp. of animals, or colloq. of people) take food; eat. 5 tr. nourish; make grow. 6 a tr. maintain supply of raw material, fuel, etc., to (a fire, machine, etc.). b tr. (foll. by into) supply (material) to a machine etc. c intr. (often foll. by into) (of a river etc.) flow into another body of water. d tr. insert further coins into (a meter) to continue its function, validity, etc. 7 intr. (foll. by on) a be nourished by. b derive benefit from. 8 tr. use (land) as pasture. 9 tr. Theatr. sl. supply (an actor etc.) with cues. 10 tr. Sport send passes to (a player) in a ball-game. 11 tr. gratify (vanity etc.). 12 tr. provide (advice, information, etc.) to. --n. 1 an amount of food, esp. for animals or infants. 2 the act or an instance of feeding; the giving of food. 3 colloq. a meal. 4 pasturage; green crops. 5 a a supply of raw material to a machine etc. b the provision of this or a device for it. 6 the charge of a gun. 7 Theatr. sl. an actor who supplies another with cues. Phrases and idioms feed back produce feedback. feed the fishes 1 meet one's death by drowning. 2 be seasick. feeding-bottle a bottle with a teat for feeding infants. feed up 1 fatten. 2 satiate (cf. fed up (see FED)). Derivatives feedable adj. Etymology: OE fedan f. Gmc
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I. verb (fed; ~ing) see: food Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to give food to, to give as food, 2. to furnish something essential to the development, sustenance, maintenance, or operation of , to supply (material to be operated on) to a machine, to produce or provide food for, 4. satisfy, gratify, support, encourage, 5. a. to supply for use or consumption, channel, route, b. to supply (a signal) to an electronic circuit, to send (as by wire or satellite) to a transmitting station for broadcast, to supply (a fellow actor) with cues and situations that make a role more effective, to pass a ball or puck to (a teammate) especially for a shot at the goal, intransitive verb 1. to consume food ; eat, prey, to become nourished or satisfied or sustained as if by food, 3. to become channeled or directed, to move into a machine or opening in order to be used or processed, II. noun Date: 1576 1. an act of eating, meal, 2. food for livestock, the amount given at each ~ing, 3. material supplied (as to a furnace or machine), a mechanism by which the action of ~ing is effected, the motion or process of carrying forward the material to be operated upon (as in a machine), the act or process of ~ing a signal (as an audio or video transmission), the action of passing a ball or puck to a team member who is in position to score ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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