Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

provender, feed

n. food for domestic livestock

Feed

n. Internet magazine

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"

further, on, ahead, along, onwards, forwards, forrader, further ahead

adv. "Go ahead"

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

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"

ahead, along, in a forward direction, in front, at the front

adv. "He is way ahead"

outward, outwards, towards the outside

adv. toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

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