yfed

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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