feed
Pronunciation:
/ˈfiːd/noun
Definitions
Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
Example: They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
Something supplied continuously.
Example: a satellite feed
The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
Example: the paper feed of a printer
The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
verb
Definitions
(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
Example: Feed the dog every evening.
To eat (usually of animals).
Example: Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
Example: Feed the fish to the dolphins.
To give to a machine to be processed.
Example: Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.