Synonyms for feed
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1. feed

   Food is, in the popular sense, whatever one eats in contradistinction to what one drinks. Thus, we speak of food and drink, of wholesome, unwholesome, or indigestible food; but in a more scientific sense whatever, when taken into the digestive organs, serves to build up structure or supply waste may be termed food; the word is extended to plants to signify whatever taken in any way into the organism serves similar purposes; thus, we speak of liquid food, plant food, etc.; in this wider sense food is closely synonymous with nutriment, nourishment, and sustenance. Diet refers to the quantity and quality of food habitually taken, with reference to preservation of health. Victuals is a plain, homely word for whatever may be eaten; we speak of choice viands, cold victuals. Nourishment and sustenance apply to whatever can be introduced into the system as a means of sustaining life; we say of a convalescent, he is taking nourishment. Nutriment and nutrition have more of scientific reference to the vitalizing principles of various foods; thus, wheat is said to contain a great amount of nutriment. Regimen considers food as taken by strict rule, but applies more widely to the whole ordering of life. Fare is a general word for all table supplies, good or bad; as, sumptuous fare; wretched fare. Feed, fodder, and provender are used only of the food of the lower animals, feed denoting anything consumed, but more commonly grain, fodder denoting hay, cornstalks, or the like, sometimes called "long feed;" provender is dry feed, whether grain or hay, straw, etc. Forage denotes any kind of food suitable for horses and cattle, primarily as obtained by a military force in scouring the country, especially an enemy's country.

   Synonyms:
   aliment, diet, fare, fodder, food, forage, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, regimen, sustenance, viands, victuals

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. feed, provenderverb

   food for domestic livestock

   Synonyms:
   provisions, victuals, provender, viands, commissariat

   Antonyms:
   starve, famish

2. feedverb

   provide as food

   "Feed the guests the nuts"

   Synonyms:
   fertilise, run, give, eat, fertilize, feed in, course, feast, flow, prey

   Antonyms:
   famish, starve

3. feed, giveverb

   give food to

   "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

   Synonyms:
   course, commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, impart, eat, pass on, move over, return, establish, fertilise, reach, present, have, flow, fall in, make, pay, throw, gift, kick in, founder, break, feast, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, feed in, devote, hold, pass, render, fertilize, sacrifice, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, run, generate, contribute, prey, afford, hand

   Antonyms:
   starve, famish

4. feedverb

   feed into; supply

   "Her success feeds her vanity"

   Synonyms:
   fertilise, run, give, eat, fertilize, feed in, course, feast, flow, prey

   Antonyms:
   famish, starve

5. feed, feed inverb

   introduce continuously

   "feed carrots into a food processor"

   Synonyms:
   fertilise, run, give, eat, fertilize, feed in, course, feast, flow, prey

   Antonyms:
   starve, famish

6. feedverb

   support or promote

   "His admiration fed her vanity"

   Synonyms:
   fertilise, run, give, eat, fertilize, feed in, course, feast, flow, prey

   Antonyms:
   famish, starve

7. feed, eatverb

   take in food; used of animals only

   "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"

   Synonyms:
   eat, wipe out, eat on, give, fertilise, rust, eat up, run, exhaust, run through, deplete, consume, prey, feast, corrode, flow, fertilize, course, use up, feed in

   Antonyms:
   famish, starve

8. feedverb

   serve as food for; be the food for

   "This dish feeds six"

   Synonyms:
   fertilise, run, give, eat, fertilize, feed in, course, feast, flow, prey

   Antonyms:
   starve, famish

9. run, flow, feed, courseverb

   move along, of liquids

   "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

   Synonyms:
   course, operate, feed in, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, run away, move, turn tail, eat, flux, range, run, guide, function, lead, lam, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, fall, feast, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, prey, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, fertilise, fertilize, run for, black market, give, persist, incline, hang, draw, hightail it, be given, prevail, campaign, tend, escape, ladder, ply, menstruate, melt

   Antonyms:
   starve, famish

10. prey, feedverb

    profit from in an exploitatory manner

    "He feeds on her insecurity"

    Synonyms:
    fertilise, run, give, eat, raven, feed in, course, fertilize, feast, flow, prey, predate

    Antonyms:
    famish, starve

11. feed, feastverb

    gratify

    "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

    Synonyms:
    fertilise, run, give, eat, fertilize, feed in, course, banquet, feast, flow, prey, junket

    Antonyms:
    starve, famish

12. fertilize, fertilise, feedverb

    provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

    "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"

    Synonyms:
    fecundate, run, give, course, flow, eat, fertilize, feed in, fertilise, feast, inseminate, prey

    Antonyms:
    famish, starve

Matched Categories

1. • Consume
   • Encourage
   • Enrich
   • Exploit
   • Farming
   • Move
   • Provide
   • Regale
   • Supply

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. feedverb

   Synonyms:
   give food to, furnish with provisions, supply with nourishment

2. feedverb

   Synonyms:
   supply, contribute to, provide for

3. feedverb

   Synonyms:
   nourish, cherish, sustain

4. feedverb

   Synonyms:
   eat, take food, take nourishment

5. feedverb

   Synonyms:
   subsist, sustain life

6. feednoun

   Synonyms:
   food (for beasts), provender, fodder

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. feednoun

   Synonyms:
   provender, fodder

2. feedverb

   Synonyms:
   bait, regale

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "feed":

   fodder, feeding, forage, food, feedingstuffs, feedstuff, nourish, feedingstuff, feeds, power, eat, foods, diet, feedstuffs, fed, eating, nurture, nutrition, foraging

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1. Sean Furey:

   We've talked to some biologists and we feel it's probably affecting the health of the whales, affecting their ability to feed so we just want to make sure that the whales are safe out there and keep everybody safe here.

2. Bob Peterson:

   There are more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes in the world, most of which do not feed on people, it is not practical or desirable -- indeed it's not even possible -- to wipe out all populations of all mosquito species. No one is seriously contemplating that.

3. Laura Schlessinger:

   So I went there one time, seeing what dogs they had. Well, it was about 95 percent pit bulls, or pit bull mixes, now, I know this is going to get somebody angry, but I think they should all be put down. First of all, they were taking up space and nobody was going to adopt them. That’s why they were all there. People were getting rid of them. So, all this money, and I spoke to the ladies there, all this money is going to feed pit bulls.

4. Travis Williams:

   This is indicative of unusual conditions this year, especially this early in the year, we have low water flows, which makes the lower Willamette very lake-like. The water temperatures are high, and nutrient levels could feed algae.

5. Aubrey Eben:

   Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it.