feed

(noun) food for domestic livestock. Synonyms: provender.

(verb) provide as food. Examples: "Feed the guests the nuts."

(verb) give food to. Synonyms: give. Examples: "Feed the starving children in india." "Don't give the child this tough meat."

(verb) feed into; supply. Examples: "Her success feeds her vanity."

(verb) introduce continuously. Synonyms: feed in. Examples: "Feed carrots into a food processor."

(verb) support or promote. Examples: "His admiration fed her vanity."

(verb) take in food; used of animals only. Synonyms: eat. Examples: "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat." "What do whales eat?."

(verb) serve as food for; be the food for. Examples: "This dish feeds six."

(verb) move along, of liquids. Synonyms: run, flow, course. Examples: "Water flowed into the cave." "The missouri feeds into the mississippi."

(verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner. Synonyms: prey. Examples: "He feeds on her insecurity."

(verb) gratify. Synonyms: feast. Examples: "Feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view."

(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. Synonyms: fertilize, fertilise. Examples: "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants."