feed

CEFRA2

/ˈfiːd/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To give food to a person or animal.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To eat (usually of animals).

Examples

  • I feed my cat every morning and every evening.

  • To be an interesting person you have to feed and exercise your mind.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɪi̯d]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To give (someone or something) food to eat.

  2. To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.

  3. To give to a machine to be processed.

More examples

In context

  • Don't feed him too much; he's still a baby.

  • Feed the dog every evening.

  • Spiders feed on gnats and flies.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.