| 单词 | to feed off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feed off b. to feed off: to fatten (an animal) for sale or slaughter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 frankc1440 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 adipate1623 saginate1623 batten1638 to stall to1764 tallow1765 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 force1847 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 224 The owner..feeds off a large number of sheep..annually. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 112 The hoggets are..fed off before New Year. to feed off a. To cause to be eaten by cattle; to use (land) as pasture. Often with adjective complement or adverb, as to feed bare, to feed close, to feed down, to feed off. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > management of pasture > use as pasture [verb (transitive)] pasture1434 agista1450 graze1603 impasture1649 feeda1652 summer eat1727 stock1794 a1652 R. Weston in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 242 You may then feed the ground with Cattel, all the Winter as you do other ground. a1652 R. Weston in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 243 As it springs again, feed it with Cattel. 1655 S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 139 It is very easie, by mowing or feeding it [sc. corn] down with Cattel, to prevent it. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 23 As soon as you have fed it bare, then is it best to over-flow. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 28 The best Husbandry is to graze it, or feed it [grass] in Racks. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 29 Take care to feed it [the grass] close before the Winter. 1807 R. Parkinson Experienced Farmer I. 409 If he cannot feed it [sc. Buck-wheat] off with some cattle. 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 ii. 430 The crop being well grown, it only remains to feed it well off. < as lemmas |
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