transitive. Falconry and Hunting. To give the last feed of the day to (a hawk, horse, or hound). Also with up. Obsolete.

transitive to feed or maintain (animals) during winter; to provide with winter fodder.

transitive. To feed (horses, cattle, etc.) on fresh-cut green fodder, originally for the purpose of purging; †to feed up or fatten (fowls).

transitive. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). To give a final evening feed to (an animal), sometimes including bedding it down for…

transitive. To feed (cattle, deer, goats, etc.) on the young shoots, leaves, and twigs of shrubs and trees; to allow (animals) to feed in this way.

transitive. To feed (cattle or other livestock) on cake (cake, n. 4b). Also intransitive.

U.S. dialect and colloquial. To feed (pigs or cattle) with slops.

transitive. To feed (a horse) with a mash. Obsolete. rare.

transitive to feed two groups of (experimental animals) with a diet identical except for the item whose effects are being tested on one group.

transitive to feed (cattle) with cut grass brought to them instead of putting them out to pasture; cf. soil, v.4 1.