Food vs. Feed

Foodnoun

(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

Foodnoun

(countable) A foodstuff.

Foodnoun

Anything that nourishes or sustains.

Foodnoun

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.

Foodnoun

Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.

Foodverb

To supply with food.

Foodnoun

any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue

Foodnoun

any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment;

Foodnoun

anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

Foodnoun

any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth

Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant, animal or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals.

Feedverb

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

Feedverb

(intransitive) To eat usually of animals.

Feedverb

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

Feedverb

(transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.

Feedverb

(figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).

Feedverb

To supply with something.

Feedverb

To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.

Feedverb

To pass to.

Feedverb

To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.

Feedverb

To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.

Feedverb

simple past tense and past participle of fee

Feednoun

(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.

Feednoun

Something supplied continuously.

Feednoun

The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.

Feednoun

(countable) A gathering to eat, especially in quantity

Feednoun

(Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.

Feedverb

To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.

Feedverb

To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.

Feedverb

To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.

Feedverb

To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.

Feedverb

To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.

Feedverb

To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.

Feedverb

To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.

Feedverb

To take food; to eat.

Feedverb

To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; - with on or upon.

Feedverb

To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.

Feedverb

To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.

Feednoun

That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.

Feednoun

A grazing or pasture ground.

Feednoun

An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.

Feednoun

A meal, or the act of eating.

Feednoun

The water supplied to steam boilers.

Feednoun

The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.

Feednoun

food for domestic livestock

Feedverb

provide as food;

Feedverb

give food to;

Feedverb

feed into; supply;

Feedverb

introduce continuously;

Feedverb

support or promote;

Feedverb

take in food; used of animals only;

Feedverb

serve as food for; be the food for;

Feedverb

move along, of liquids;

Feedverb

profit from in an exploitatory manner;

Feedverb

gratify;

Feedverb

provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to;