feed

/fiːd/

US pronunciation

American sound/fiːd/

feed

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Past ending sound

US voice -> feed

Full entry

feed / fi:d / v (pt, pp fed /fed/)

၁။ ~ sb/sth (on sth); ~ sth to sb/sth
ကျွေးသည်။ စားသည်။
She has a large family to feed. ❍ I fed and watered the horses. ❍ The baby can't feed itself yet (ie can't put food into its own mouth). ❍ What do you feed your dog on? ❍ feed the baby some more stewed apple. See also BREAST-FEED, FEEDER
၂။ (က) ~ (on/off sth ) စားသည်။
The cows were feeding on hay in the barn. ❍ (infml ) Have you fed yet?
(ခ) စားသည်။ There's enough here to feed us all.
၃။ ~ A (with B) /~ B into A
(မီး၊ ဆီ စသည်) ထိုးသည်၊ ထည့် သည်။ (အင်း၊ အိုင်၊ ချောင်း၊ မြောင်း စသည်) စီးဝင်သည်။ ဖြည့် သွင်းသည်။ ထည့်သည်။
feed the fire (with wood) ❍ The lake is fed by several small streams. ❍ Excuse me a minute — I need to go and feed the meter (ie put extra coins into it, eg for parking). ❍ The moving belt feeds the machine with raw material/feeds raw material into the machine.
၄။ မှန်မှန်ပေးသည်။ ပို့ပေးသည်။ Our overseas agents feed us regular information about the state of the market in their area.
n
၁။ [C] ကျွေးချိန်။ When is the baby's next feed?
၂။ (က) [U, C] တိရစ္ဆာန်အစာ။ high-protein animal feeds. (ခ) [U] စက်သုံးကုန်ကြမ်း။
၃။ [C] လောင်စာပိုက်လိုင်း။ The petrol feed is blocked.
❏ feed sth in [PHRV ] ထည့်သည်။ To get a ticket you need to feed another coin in.
❏ feeding-bottle n နို့ဘူး။
❏ feed on/off sth [PHRV ] မှီ၍ရှင်သန် ကြီးထွားသည်။ Hatred feeds on envy.
❏ feed sb up [PHRV ] ( Brit ) ကျွေးမွေးပြုစုသည်။ You look very thin; I think you need feeding up a bit.

More examples

We’ve been feeding the ducks on the river.
[feed someone/something on something] : The dogs were fed on raw meat.
[feed something to someone/something] : The leftover food is fed to the pigs.
[properly fed] : All the children will be properly fed and cared for.
The money he brings home isn’t enough to feed a family of five.
More food supplies are needed to feed the starving population.
Young babies need to feed every three to four hours.
She sat down to feed the baby.
The birds return here to feed at dusk.
The plants should be fed and watered regularly.
[feed something with something] : Feed tomato plants with a general fertilizer once a week.
[feed someone with something] : He’s been feeding the police with information about terrorist activities.
[feed something into something] : Information is fed into the computer and stored in a database.
[feed something to someone/something] : The main arteries that feed blood to the brain
[feed something into something] : She saw him feeding documents into the shredder.
[feed something through (something)] : Feed the fabric gently through the machine.
[feed something with something] : I fed the parking meter with my remaining change.
The newspapers are feeding public anxiety about contaminated food.
[feed a habit] : Many young drug users turn to crime to feed their habit.
[feed an addiction] : Her son was using his dinner money to feed his gambling addiction.

Synonyms

nourish, provide for, give food to, nosh, give to eat, supply, animal food, banquet, barley, bolster, breast-feed, cater, consume, corn, cram, deliver, devour, dine, dish out, dispense, eat, encourage, fatten, feast, feedstuff, fill, find, fodder, food, forage, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, grain, grass, grub, hand, hand over, hay, maintain, meal, minister, nurse, nurture, partake, pasturage, provender, provide, provision, provisions, regale, satisfy, serve, silage, stock, straw, strengthen, stuff, suckle, support, sustain, swallow, victual, vittles, wine and dine

Antonyms

abstain, deplete, deprive, discourage, dissuade, fail, fast, hold, hurt, ignore, keep, neglect, release, starve, take, withhold