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To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children.
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To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat.
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To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
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To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county.
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To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.