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Meaning of feed

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  feed
      n 1: food for domestic livestock [syn: {feed}, {provender}]
      v 1: provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
      2: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't
         give the child this tough meat" [syn: {feed}, {give}] [ant:
         {famish}, {starve}]
      3: feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
      4: introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
         [syn: {feed}, {feed in}]
      5: support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
      6: take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat
         certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: {feed},
         {eat}]
      7: serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
      8: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
         Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: {run}, {flow},
         {feed}, {course}]
      9: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her
         insecurity" [syn: {prey}, {feed}]
      10: gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" [syn: {feed},
          {feast}]
      11: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should
          fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn:
          {fertilize}, {fertilise}, {feed}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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