Feed
Give meals to
Feed centers on supplying nourishment or fuel.
You feed a baby, feed the dog, feed coal into a furnace.
The meaning extends to anything that sustains or supplies: feed information to a source, feed data into a system.
A feed is a steady supply—a news feed, a social media feed, livestock feed.
To feed off something is to draw energy from it: The crowd fed off the band's energy.
To feed into is to contribute to a larger process or result.
Domesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- hayDried feed crop
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- silageFermented crop fodder
trough · pasture · forage · oats · corn · slop · chickens · poultry
Occasion for nourishment
- sustenanceMeans of living
- nutritionBodily use of food
- eatingIngesting sustenance
- hungryWanting to eat
breakfast · dinner · lunch · supper · provision · ration · gruel · porridge
Support growth and development
- fuelEnergy source material
- stokeFeed a fire
- cultivateGrow or develop purposefully
- nourishProvide sustenance to
sustain · reinforce · amplify · ego · flames · desire · obsession · addiction
Data received for processing
- provideSupply or make available
- fuelEnergy source material
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- sourcePoint of origin
channel · funnel · pipeline · convey · deliver · machine · printer · paper
livestock
Domesticated farm animals
silage · trough · pasture · forage · oats · corn · slop · chickens · poultry · horses
meal
Occasion for nourishment
- sustenanceMeans of living
- nutritionBodily use of food
- eatingIngesting sustenance
hungry · breakfast · dinner · lunch · supper · provision · ration · gruel · porridge · grains
nurture
Support growth and development
nourish · sustain · reinforce · amplify · ego · flames · desire · obsession · addiction · habit
input
Data received for processing
source · channel · funnel · pipeline · convey · deliver · machine · printer · paper · data
news
Reports of recent events
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- scrollWound document of parchment
- timelineOrdered display of events
stream · content · posts · updates · notifications · curated · personalized · refresh · endless · social media
signal
Message-conveying cue
- transmissionSending of information
- liveTo exist or dwell
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
cable · antenna · video · audio · camera · streaming · broadcast · reception · uplink · downlink
Feedstarve
Perish from hunger
deprive · famish · malnourish · neglect · undernourish
- bird feederOutdoor seed dispenser for wildlife
- horse feedEquine nourishment
- feeding frenzyFrantic competitive consumption
- live feedReal-time video transmission
- news feedAggregated content stream
- feeding timeScheduled hour for nourishment
feeds, feeding, feeder, feeders, feedback, feedstock, overfeed, underfeed