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FEED

Definition:

[noun] food for domestic livestock
Synonyms: provender
[verb] provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
[verb] give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
Synonyms: give
[verb] feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
[verb] introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
Synonyms: in
[verb] support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
[verb] take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
Synonyms: eat
[verb] serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
[verb] move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
Synonyms: run, flow, course
[verb] profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
Synonyms: prey
[verb] gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
Synonyms: feast
[verb] provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
Synonyms: fertilize, fertilise