feed1 verbfeed2 noun
feedfeed1 /fiːd/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tense and past participle fed /fed/) 
WORD ORIGINfeed1
Origin:
Old English fedan; related to foodVERB TABLE
feed
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | feed |
| he, she, it | feeds | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fed |
| he, she, it | has fed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will feed |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am feeding |
| he, she, it | is feeding | |
| you, we, they | are feeding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was feeding |
| you, we, they | were feeding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been feeding |
| he, she, it | has been feeding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been feeding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be feeding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been feeding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Feed chrysanthemums with a house plant fertilizer.
- Did you feed the dog?
- Hospital officials said she is no longer able to feed herself.
- How often do you have to feed the baby?
- Humpback whales come to the California coast to feed each summer.
- Ismail's wages are hardly enough to feed his family.
- Most new babies will want to feed every few hours.
- My sister feeds the cats when we are away.
- The catering service feeds over 600 employees every day.
- The horses were fed on hay and grain.
- The larvae feed on the young shoots of water-lilies.
- The pigs were feeding from a trough in the middle of the yard.
- The tube was fed into the patient's stomach.
- There has been a boom in tourism, fed by publicity about the movie filmed there.
- This recipe feeds six.
- Give them time, and then feed back to them how you feel about the way they are behaving towards you day-to-day.
- He had fed them fish frames.
- His head buzzed and sang as if power was being fed into it.
- Nor did any allergic reactions arise in those who ate the meat of animals who had been fed a gene-spliced soybean diet.
- Scavenging crabs move in to feed on dead tubeworms.
- The bigger the fish the less often they feed.
- You will be able to study them at length and note at what depth they are feeding.
Longman Language Activatorto eat
· Don't eat so fast - you'll get sick.· I'm so full. I couldn't eat another thing.· She was sitting on the wall, eating an apple.· Hey! - Someone's eaten all my chocolates.
to eat a particular thing: · I wasn't very hungry, so I just had a sandwich.· I think I'll just have one more piece of cake.have something for lunch/dinner/breakfast: · What shall we have for dinner?· I usually just have fruit for breakfast.
to bite food several times and turn it around in your mouth: · I chewed the toffee slowly.· There was a cow in the field, slowly chewing a mouthful of grass.
to make something go down your throat towards your stomach: · If you drink some water it will make the pills easier to swallow.· I threw a piece of meat to the dog and he swallowed it in one go.
to eat something soft by moving your tongue across its surface: · The children sat licking their ice creams.lick something off something: · Nina licked the melted chocolate off her fingers.
to eat or drink something - used especially in scientific or technical contexts: · In order to survive human beings need to consume food and water.· People who consume large amounts of animal fats are more likely to get cancer and heart disease.
to eat eagerly and with enjoyment: · Dinner's ready everyone. Dig in!· Nick was already at the table, tucking in.tuck into: · "This is delicious!'' he said, tucking into his steak and kidney pudding.
if animals or babies feed , they eat or drink: · Most new babies will want to feed every few hours.· The pigs were feeding from a trough in the middle of the yard.feed on: · The larvae feed on the young shoots of water-lilies.
American informal to eat, especially in a noisy way or in a way that shows you are very hungry: · We each grabbed a container of ice cream and chowed down.chow down on: · The kids were chowing down on a large pizza.
to give food to a person or animal to give food to someone, especially a baby, animal, or a lot of people: · My sister feeds the cats when we are away.· How often do you have to feed the baby?· They hardly earn enough to feed their children.· The catering service feeds over 600 employees every day.feed somebody/something on something: · The horses were fed on hay and grain.
British to give a lot of food to a person or animal in order to make them fat or because they are not eating enough: feed somebody up: · When I was young, my grandmother was always trying to feed me up with sweets and biscuits.feed up somebody: · We'll have to start feeding up the turkey for Thanksgiving soon.
to give someone food by putting it in front of them, especially at a restaurant or a formal meal: serve something: · Dinner will be served at eight o'clock.serve somebody: · The chef serves important guests himself.· We sat around for forty-five minutes, waiting to be served.serve somebody with something: · They served us with soup and bread.serve something to somebody: · Andrew, will you serve coffee to the visitors?
to put food onto plates for people to eat, especially at home: serve up something/serve something up: · At dinner, Mrs. Carothers served up poached salmon and filled our glasses with white wine.
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nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Shelton fed the electricity meter.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Anna got fed up with waiting.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
Shelton fed the electricity meter.· If your baby cries, she may want feeding.
· 63% of new mothers breast-feed their babies.
· She comes in while we're away to feed the cat.
· Kids should not be fed a diet of hamburgers and sugary snacks.
Anna got fed up with waiting.· People would not wish to eat animals fed on human waste.· They do like to know how the animals are reared and fed.· When in the nineteenth century naturalists first examined it, they were mystified as to how any animal could feed on it.· Nor did any allergic reactions arise in those who ate the meat of animals who had been fed a gene-spliced soybean diet.· Sunlight feeds the algae which feed the animals which feed the corals, sponges, clams, and fish.· Many people argue that we need genetic modification of crops and animals in order to feed the world.· During the growing season he would wash the animals and feed them while the adults worked in the fields.
· She watched Naseem as the older woman fed her baby son.· Joe got up every night and took turns with Valerie feeding the babies.· Clare Wildish has come back for help feeding her second baby, 3 day old Emma.· Toys for children to play with, a baby changing room, somewhere to feed baby.· But even if they do persevere, most mums find it difficult to feed their babies in public.· They fry were fed on baby brineshrimp and although not fast growers they seemed to do well.· It would be even nicer if people remembered that the way you feed your baby is a matter of personal choice.· As Mama fed the baby, she began to cry.
· Now Agnes and Oats sat on either side of it, listening to the distant sounds of Hodgesaargh feeding the birds.· Of course, she fed birds too.· There's this bloke with a white coat on and this bag of bread, feeding the birds.· Gradually I descended the spruce tree and slowly crept toward the feeding birds.· The garden was his domain; he had his rabbits to feed and the birds to admonish for ravaging his cherry trees.· Both would soon feed migrant birds on their way down from the north.· It's nice that he does that - you know, comes and feeds the birds like that.
· The next time you feed your cat, take a close look at its eyes.· Now recliners do everything but feed the cat.· And the money she earned from the deal went towards feeding her own cats.· They let her come round and tell me, so I could feed the cat if she's not back.· It was getting more and more difficult to feed the cat - and to feed himself.· She ought to feed the cat - and then there was the washing.· They were destined to feed his cat.· Ninety-five percent of our cats are fed a canned cat food, the others eating scraps or whatever they can catch!
· In a land of poverty each person must struggle to feed her children as best she can.· It has been used to feed children with severe diarrhea who can not digest regular milk.· Unfastening her dress, and still blushing, she began feeding her child.· And none of us likes to think there is anyone out there unable to feed their children.· Just occasionally the tensions spilled over, such as when she berated Moira publicly about the way she was feeding her first child.· Women conceive the future that men tend to flee; they feed the children that men ignore.· A barber's daughter, she started doing business when she was a young woman to feed her children.· Then, quickly, as though wakened from a dream, she began to dress and feed her children.
· Narou Chaibou, who lives near Illela, can not feed his family with the plot of land he owns.· Even in liberated Scandinavia, it is women who feed the family, wash the clothes, and care for the children.· The vast majority of the population struggle to feed their families.· He fed his family oil food from the cans.· As the head of a household, these women must work in order to feed her family.· She was an enterprising cook, as she was in all things, and fed her family well.· For some of the women, selling the coal dust provides their only income to feed their families.· The child would be allowed a sum of money to feed a family for a week.
· Grosser than fish feeding on toilet paper?· Tackle tips: A steady trickle of bait running into a swim will attract and keep fish feeding in one place.· This fish feeds readily on larval Artemia, but fully grown adults are too large.· All the fish are fed on Hikari goldfish food or cichlid food.· All the other fish survived the Presidential feeding.· The fish were fed at night, before turning on the lights.· Finally, make sure the fish are feeding first by catching one or two with your usual indicator.
· And he was fed the information from myriad channels, to be dispensed with the holy water on Sundays.· If the adventurers are not very knowledgeable about Constant Drachenfels, this is a novel way of feeding them some more information.· Some one who is close enough to the action to feed the right information and provide some answers.· Here telesales operators will be able to feed information directly into a database as they take customer calls.· They feed location and usage information directly to the upper levels.· These stations must be constantly fed with information.· There should be a mechanism for feeding this information back to the designers so that the succeeding system designs will avoid these problems.
· There's going to be another hungry mouth to feed out of your advertising budgets come October.· More mouths to feed, Malthus contended, meant less food in each mouth.· Very likely there was a nest there, full of hungry little mouths waiting to be fed.· Burdens unloaded, the escort was sent back, horses and extra mouths to feed being undesired.· In the early years, with four young mouths to feed, they were dirt-poor.· Two had died in infancy, otherwise there would have been nine little mouths to feed.· Now there are many more mouths to feed.· That meant that there were seven mouths to feed, and then Daddy began to ail.
· Most mussel feeding Nucella populations in Britain are white.· The food crisis was not the result of any incapacity by the Soviet Union to grow enough food to feed its population.· Any site we consider will have its own hinterland, its own catchment area for the feeding of its population.· In 1986, 1942 million tonnes of food grains were produced to feed a world population of nearly 5 billion.· A specialist market in traditional treats will run alongside the great new industries that will feed the population.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► feed lines/jokes to somebody► feed your face► well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fedPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► mouth to feed/hungry mouth
1give food [transitive] a)to give food to a person or animal: - The feed needs to be as iron-free as possible in order that the eventual meat will be the light colour preferred by consumers.
- She fed him a line about being busy on Saturday.
- Charles wondered if Alex Household had carried out his threat of feeding the wrong lines.
- Consumers are being fed this line that merlot is a more refined wine than those harsh, nasty cabernet sauvignons.
- He wouldn't feed her the line that would enable her to end her days peacefully in public view.
- I got caught last week because I got fed the wrong line.
- No one ever knew who had fed this line to Kim.
- Taking the bail arm off I fed a little line, re-engaged the pick-up and struck into another cat.
- If I put my prices up, it's like biting the hand that feeds me - it's economic suicide.
- It is hard to bite the hand that feeds you.
- Somehow, without guidance and peer influence, cricketers are apt to bite the hand that feeds them.
- They are not normally going to bite the hand that feeds them.
- This appears to be a new version of biting the hand that feeds you.
- After the initial reports on CBS, this scene became a media feeding frenzy.
- Green Bay went into a feeding frenzy in the free-agency market, and came up with some star names.
- On defense, they are hungrier than sharks in a feeding frenzy.
- The dorados were in a feeding frenzy, oblivious to all else.
Have you fed the cat?feed yourself She was too weak to feed herself.feed something to somebody Several children were feeding bread to the ducks.feed somebody on/with something They were fed well on her mother’s home cooking. b)to provide enough food for a group of people: groceries to feed a family of five The prison is required to feed and clothe the prisoners.2plant [transitive] to give a special substance to a plant, which helps it grow: Feed the tomatoes once a week.feed something with something Feed houseplants with a liquid fertilizer.3animal/baby [intransitive] if a baby or an animal feeds, they eat: Frogs generally feed at night. Let your baby feed as long as she wants.4well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed having plenty of food or not enough food: a well-dressed, well-fed woman5computer [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put information into a computer over a period of timefeed something into something Figures are fed into the computer, which then predicts the likely profit.6supply something [transitive] to supply something, especially a liquid, gas, or electricity: The public baths are fed by natural springs.feed something to something The sound is fed directly to the headphones.feed something with something Laura crouched by the fire, feeding it with dry sticks.7put something into something [transitive] to put something into something else, especially gradually and through a small holefeed something into/through something A tube was fed down the patient’s throat into her stomach.feed something into something She fed her last two coins into the machine for a cup of coffee. Shelton fed the electricity meter.8increase emotion [transitive] to increase the strength of an emotion, desire etc: Her depression grew, fed by her bitter experiences.9feed an addiction/need etc to satisfy a strong need, such as a need for a drug: He committed both crimes to feed his addiction to heroin.10information [transitive] to give someone information or ideas over a period timefeed somebody with something She feeds the media with stories, which is a way of getting free advertising.feed something to somebody US intelligence had been feeding false information to a KGB agent.11sport [transitive] to throw or hit a ball to someone else on your team, especially so that they can make a pointfeed something to somebody He fed the ball to Jol, who scored.12feed lines/jokes to somebody to say things to another performer so that they can make jokes13 feed your face informal to eat a lot of food SYN stuff yourself14tv/radio [transitive] to send a television or radio programme somewhere so that it can be broadcast15feed somebody a line informal to tell someone something which is not true, so that they will do what you want → breast-feed, force-feed, spoon-feed, → mouth to feed at mouth1(10)feed back phrasal verb to give advice or criticism to someone about something they have donefeed back on We’re just waiting for the manager to feed back on it.feed something ↔ back (to somebody) I am grateful to all those who fed back their comments. They feed back to the government the reactions of the people affected.feed into something phrasal verb to have an effect on something or help to make it happen: The influence of Italian designer fashion feeds into sports fashion.feed off something phrasal verb1if an animal feeds off something, it gets food from it: birds that feed off the seeds from trees2to use something to increase, become stronger, or succeed – sometimes used to show disapproval: fad diets that feed off our desire to be thinfeed on something phrasal verb1if an animal feeds on a particular food, it usually eats that food: Owls feed on mice and other small animals.2if a feeling or process feeds on something, it becomes stronger because of it: Prejudice feeds on ignorance.feed somebody up phrasal verb British English to give someone a lot of food to make them more healthy SYN fatten up American Englishfeed1 verbfeed2 noun
feedfeed2 noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A large part of our income goes on animal feed.
- a live satellite feed
- A young baby needs small feeds at frequent intervals.
- cattle feed
- Her baby has its lunchtime feed, then goes to sleep.
- Lois has gotten tired of the late night feedings.
- And tonight, for the first time, the public were invited to watch the feed, and listen to a commentary.
- As a 4-H rabbit grower for two years, he had often traded at the local hardware for hutch materials and feed.
- In a closed-circuit television feed from Washington, Democrats Rep.
- In recent public appearances, the speaker looks decidedly off his feed.
- Just a extra feed of hay to mark the special day.
- The corn will have to be rerouted to animal feed and ethanol production.
- They always thought it was feed time if the light went on and would scramble up expectantly and start pawing and whinnying.
Longman Language Activatorfood for animals
· New-born birds stay in their nest while their mother goes out in search of food.· Make sure you leave the cat plenty of food and water before you go.cat/dog etc food · Buddy won't eat the new dog food I bought.
food for animals such as cattle and horses, especially dried grass and raw vegetables: · All the left-over crops are chopped up and used as cattle fodder.· Beet tops were left on the ground as fodder for a small flock of sheep.
: chicken/hen/animal etc feed food for birds or animals, especially in the form of grain: · A large part of our income goes on animal feed.
a meal the food that you eat in the morning, in the middle of the day, or in the evening, either at home or in a restaurant: · The hotel was nice, and the meals were really good.· Miriam was silent all through the meal.· You shouldn't exercise after a big meal.have a meal: · We had an excellent meal in a Chinese restaurant.cook somebody a meal: · Jeff cooked us a delicious meal last night.go out for a meal (=go to a restaurant): · Would you like to go out for a meal sometime, Emma?take somebody out for a meal (=take someone to a restaurant and pay for their meal): · It was Lisa's birthday so we took her out for a meal.main meal (=the biggest meal of the day): · We usually have our main meal in the middle of the day.
a meal, especially a small or quick meal: · Can I get you something to eat?have something to eat: · We'll have something to eat, and then go out.
British /feeding American a meal, consisting only of milk, that a baby has: · A young baby needs small feeds at frequent intervals.· Lois has gotten tired of the late night feedings.have a feed British: · Her baby has its lunchtime feed, then goes to sleep.
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nouncall, nouncalve, verbcamel, nouncanine, adjectivecanine, nouncarapace, nouncarcass, nouncaribou, nouncarnivore, nouncarthorse, nouncat, nouncattle, nouncaudal, adjectivecayman, nouncetacean, nounchameleon, nounchamois, nouncheetah, nounchestnut, nounchickadee, nounchicken, nounchihuahua, nounchimpanzee, nounchinchilla, nounchipmunk, nounchow, nounclaw, nouncloven hoof, nouncoat, nouncob, nouncobra, nouncocker spaniel, nouncold-blooded, adjectivecollie, nouncolouring, nouncolt, nouncomb, nounconnective tissue, nouncony, nouncoon, nouncopperhead, nouncorgi, nouncougar, nouncourtship, nouncow, nouncoyote, nouncoypu, nouncrest, nouncrocodile, nouncrop, verbcrustacean, nouncry, nouncub, nouncur, noundachshund, nounDalmatian, noundeer, nounden, noundentine, noundingo, noundinosaur, noundoe, noundog, noundolphin, noundomesticate, verbdonkey, noundormouse, noundorsal, adjectivedromedary, nounduckbilled platypus, nounearthworm, nounelephant, nounelk, nounentrails, nounermine, nounewe, nounexcreta, nounexcretion, nounfallopian tube, nounfallow deer, nounfang, nounfauna, nounfawn, nounfeed, nounfeeler, nounfeline, adjectivefeline, nounfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferal, adjectiveferret, nounfetlock, nounfieldmouse, nounfilly, nounfin, nounfleece, nounflipper, nounflying fox, nounfoal, nounfoal, verbfoetus, nounforefoot, nounforeleg, nounfox, nounfoxhound, nounfox terrier, nounFriesian, nounfrog, nounfrogspawn, nounfruit bat, nounfur, nounfurry, adjectivegarter snake, noungazelle, noungecko, noungeese, gelding, noungerbil, nounGerman shepherd, noungestation, noungiant panda, noungibbon, noungiraffe, noungnu, noungoat, noungolden retriever, noungopher, noungorilla, noungregarious, adjectivegreyhound, noungroundhog, nounground squirrel, noungrunt, verbguinea pig, nounhack, nounhackles, nounhairless, adjectivehamster, nounhare, nounhart, nounhaunch, nounhedgehog, nounheifer, nounhen, nounherbivore, nounherd, nounhermit crab, nounhibernate, verbhind, adjectivehind, nounhindquarters, nounhippo, nounhippopotamus, nounhock, nounhog, nounhoof, nounhorned, adjectivehorse, nounhound, nounhowl, verbhump, nounhusky, nounhyaena, nounhybrid, nounhyena, nounibex, nouniguana, nounimpala, nouninbred, adjectiveinbreeding, nouninsectivore, nouninterbreed, verbinvertebrate, nounjackal, nounjackrabbit, nounjaguar, nounjellyfish, nounJersey, nounkangaroo, nounkid, nounkoala, nounkookaburra, nounLabrador, nounlair, nounlamb, nounlemming, nounleopard, nounlion, nounlioness, nounlitter, nounlitter, verblizard, nounllama, nounlonghorn, nounlugworm, nounlynx, nounmale, nounmamba, nounmammal, nounmammary, adjectivemammoth, nounmandible, nounmandrill, nounmane, nounman-eater, nounmare, nounmarmoset, nounmarsupial, nounmarten, nounmastitis, nounmate, nounmate, verbmating, nounmaw, nounmenagerie, nounmew, verbmiaow, verbmice, nounmigrant, nounmilk, verbmimic, verbmimic, nounmink, nounmole, nounmollusc, nounmongoose, nounmongrel, nounmonkey, nounmoo, verbmoose, nounmoult, verbmountain goat, nounmountain lion, nounmouse, nounmule, nounmuskrat, nounmussel, nounmustang, nounmutt, nounmuzzle, nounnag, nounnanny goat, nounnative, adjectivenative, nounnest, nounnewt, nounnocturnal, adjectiveocelot, nounoctopus, nounoffspring, nounoink, interjectionokapi, nounOld English sheepdog, nounomnivore, nounomnivorous, adjectiveopossum, nounorangutang, nounotter, nounox, nounpachyderm, nounpack, nounpad, nounpair, nounpanda, nounpanther, nounparasite, nounparasitic, adjectivepaw, nounpaw, verbpeccary, nounpedigree, adjectivepeke, nounPekinese, nounpelt, nounPersian cat, nounpest, nounpheasant, nounpiebald, adjectivepied, adjectivepig, nounpiggy, nounpiglet, nounpincer, nounpine marten, nounpinto, nounpit bull terrier, nounpit pony, nounplankton, nounplate, nounplatypus, nounpointer, nounpolar bear, nounpolecat, nounpolyp, nounpony, nounpooch, nounpoodle, nounporcupine, nounporker, nounporpoise, nounPortuguese man-of-war, nounpossum, nounpouch, nounprairie dog, nounprance, verbpredation, nounpredator, nounpredatory, adjectiveprehensile, adjectiveprey, nounprickle, nounpride, nounprimate, nounproboscis, nounprocreate, verbprowl, verbpterodactyl, nounpuffin, nounpug, nounpullet, nounpuma, nounpup, nounpurebred, adjectivepurr, verbpussy, nounpython, nounquack, verbquadruped, nounquill, nounrabbit, nounrabbit warren, nounrabid, adjectiveraccoon, nounracoon, nounram, nounrat, nounrattler, nounrattlesnake, nounravening, adjectivereindeer, nounreptile, nounretract, verbretriever, nounrhesus monkey, nounrhino, nounrhinoceros, nounroan, nounrodent, nounroe deer, nounrottweiler, nounruminant, nounruminate, verbrump, nounrunt, nounrut, nounsable, nounsac, nounsalamander, nounsausage dog, nounscavenge, verbschool, nounscorpion, nounseal, nounsea lion, nounseashell, nounsea urchin, nounsemen, nounserpent, nounsetter, nounsex, verbshed, verbsheep, nounsheepdog, nounShetland pony, nounshire horse, nounshrew, nounshrimp, nounSiamese cat, nounsilkworm, nounsimian, adjectivesire, nounskin, nounskunk, nounsloth, nounslug, nounsnail, nounsnake, nounsnakebite, nounsnarl, verbsniffer dog, nounsnout, nounsocial, adjectivesow, nounspaniel, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsperm whale, nounsponge, nounspoor, nounspore, nounspringbok, nounsquid, nounsquirrel, nounstag, nounstallion, nounstarfish, nounSt Bernard, nounsteed, nounsteer, nounsting, nounstinger, nounstoat, nounstomach, nounstray, adjectivestray, nounstud, nounsucker, nounsuckle, verbsuckling, nounswine, nountadpole, nountail, nountame, adjectivetame, verbtapeworm, nountapir, nounteat, nountentacle, nounterrapin, nounterrier, nounterritorial, adjectiveterritory, nountiger, nountigress, nountoad, nountom, nountomcat, nountooth, nountortoise, nountortoiseshell, nountrumpet, verbtrunk, nountufted, adjectiveturtle, nountusk, nountyrannosaurus, nounudder, nounuterus, nounvampire bat, nounvent, nounvermin, nounvertebrate, nounvicuña, nounviper, nounvivarium, nounvixen, nounvole, nounwag, verbwallaby, nounwallow, verbwalrus, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewarren, nounwarthog, nounwater buffalo, nounwater rat, nounwater vole, nounweasel, nounweevil, nounwhale, nounwhelk, nounwhelp, nounwhelp, verbwhinny, verbwhippet, nounwhisker, nounwild boar, nounwildcat, nounwildebeest, nounwildfowl, nounwinkle, nounwithers, nounwolf, nounwolfhound, nounwombat, nounwool, nounyak, nounyap, verbyap, nounyearling, nounyelp, nounYorkshire terrier, nounyoung, nounzebra, nounzoologist, nounzoology, nounzygote, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Anna got fed up with waiting.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· If your baby cries, she may want feeding.
· 63% of new mothers breast-feed their babies.
· She comes in while we're away to feed the cat.
· Kids should not be fed a diet of hamburgers and sugary snacks.
Anna got fed up with waiting.· Single-cell protein production from non-photosynthetic organisms has also reached the stage of commercial availability, mainly as animal feed.· It lost money like steam, and when the iron business cratered, it was reduced to hauling tomatoes and animal feed.
· The sum was chicken feed, and the more governmental corruption that went on there, the better.· She would lie, steal, cheat for Oliver: burning a few hundred pounds was chicken feed.
NOUN· The effect is to draw chemical from a drum, via a feed pipe, to a projecting delivery spout.· Above: Cracking the pre-filter problem - two planting baskets were combined and the feed pipe fed through to the smaller one.· Liquid systems are straight forward having a feed pipe from the product container direct to the non-priming delivery pump.
· And hedges flailed every harvest are devoid of the berries bigger hedges sport, which are important winter feed for birds.· The whole plant, seeds and all, cures over the summer and makes great winter feed.· Most of the arable ground is used to produce winter feed for the stock.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► mouth to feed/hungry mouth
1baby [countable] British English one of the times when you give milk to a small baby: - If I put my prices up, it's like biting the hand that feeds me - it's economic suicide.
- It is hard to bite the hand that feeds you.
- Somehow, without guidance and peer influence, cricketers are apt to bite the hand that feeds them.
- They are not normally going to bite the hand that feeds them.
- This appears to be a new version of biting the hand that feeds you.
- After the initial reports on CBS, this scene became a media feeding frenzy.
- Green Bay went into a feeding frenzy in the free-agency market, and came up with some star names.
- On defense, they are hungrier than sharks in a feeding frenzy.
- The dorados were in a feeding frenzy, oblivious to all else.
the two a.m. feed2animal food [uncountable] food for animals: fish feed3supply [countable] a tube or piece of equipment which supplies a machine with something, especially fuel4tv/radio/computer [countable, uncountable] when a television or radio signal, computer information etc is sent somewhere, or the connection that is used to do this: a live satellite feed from the space station5meal [countable] old-fashioned a big meal