Feed Definition

fēd

fed, feeding, feeds

verb

fed, feeding, feeds

To give food to; provide food for.

Webster's New World

To provide as food.

To feed oats to horses.

Webster's New World

To serve as food for.

A can of soup feeds two people.

Webster's New World

To produce food for.

The valley feeds an entire county.

American Heritage Medicine

To provide something necessary for the growth, development, or existence of; nourish; sustain.

To feed one's anger.

Webster's New World

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Antonyms:
starve
quench
deprive

noun

feeds

Food given to animals; fodder.

Webster's New World

The amount of fodder given at one time.

Webster's New World

A meal, especially a large one.

We had a great feed at the restaurant.

American Heritage

The act of providing food, especially to an animal.

Food given at one feed.

American Heritage

The material fed into a machine.

Webster's New World

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idiom

be off (one's) feed

To have lost one's appetite:
The dog is off its feed this week.

American Heritage

feed on

to take as food; eat
to get satisfaction, support, etc. from

Webster's New World

off one's feed

without appetite for food; somewhat sick

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Feed

Noun

Singular:

feed

Plural:

feeds

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Feed

be off (one's) feed
feed on
off one's feed

Origin of Feed

From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.

From Wiktionary
Middle English feden from Old English fēdan pā- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
fe(e) + -(e)d

From Wiktionary