Nouns (3)
provender, feed
n. food for domestic livestock
Feed
n. Internet magazine
Verbs (23)
feed
v. support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
feed, fertilize
v. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
feed, feed into
v. feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
feast, feed
v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
feed, feed in, introduce continuously
v. introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
grub, give, feed, give food to
v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
feed, eat, take in food
v. take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
feed, be the food for, serve as food for
v. serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
feed, give as food, provide as food
v. provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
Adverbs (8)
Adjectives (4)
on
adj. in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"
ready, connected, on
adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer
Fuzzynyms (77)
support, back up, give aid to, lend support to
v. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
attend to, look to, look after, take care of, see about, provide for, see to
v. work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"
stoke
v. stir up or tend; of a fire
board, provide food and lodging
v. provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
nurture, sustain, nourish
v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
keep, sustain, maintain
v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
grub, give, feed, give food to
v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
feed on, feed upon
v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"
down, consume, go through, devour
v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
browse, graze, crop, range, pasture
v. feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
down, consume, go through, devour
v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
gulp, raven, pig, devour, guttle
v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
maintain, exert, wield
v. have and exercise; "wield power and authority"
support, support financially, see through
v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
feed on, feed upon
v. be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"
feast, feed
v. gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
forage, wander and feed
v. wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"
leave, allow, allow for, provide for
v. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
forward, fore, forrad, forrard, toward the front
adv. "He faced forward"
forward, onward, forth, thenceforth
adv. "from that time forth"
outward, outwards, towards the outside
adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"
Synonyms (5)
prey on, profit from, feed off
v. profit from
connected, machine-accessible
adj. stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer
Antonyms (17)
starve, deprive of food
v. deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
deprive
v. keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
assuage, slake, quench, allay
v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
assuage, slake, quench, allay
v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
off
adj. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
feed on
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