feed (
http://definr.com/feed)
n : food for domestic livestock [syn:
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:
grub,
give]
[ant:
starve]
3: feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
4: introduce continuously; as into a a machine or processor:
"feed carrots into a food processor" [syn:
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:
eat]
7: serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
8: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her
insecurity" [syn:
prey]
9: gratify; "feed one's eye on a gorgeous view" [syn:
feast]
10: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture
and gardening; "We should fertilize soil if we want to
grow healthy plants" [syn:
fertilize,
fertilise]