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feeded

feeded is the simple past and past participle of feed.

Meaning of feed

Verb

feed (third-person singular simple present feeds, present participle feeding, simple past and past participle fed)

  1. (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
    • Feed the dog every evening.
    Synonyms:
    nourish
  2. (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
    • Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
  3. (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
    • Don't feed him too much; he's still a baby.
  4. (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
    • Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
  5. (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
    • We got interesting results after feeding the computer with the new data.
  6. (figuratively, transitive) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
    • If I can catch him once upon the hip, / I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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What is feeded the simple past and past participle of?
Feeded is the simple past and past participle of feed.

Words near feeded in the dictionary

  1. feedboards
  2. feedbox
  3. feedboxes
  4. feedbunk
  5. feedbunks
  6. feeded
  7. feeded back
  8. feedee
  9. feedees
  10. feeder
  11. feeder cattle

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