1
as in to board
to provide food or meals for
a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry
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2
as in to provide
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article
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3
as in to eat
to take a meal
an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively
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1
as in dinner
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
the company barbecue was an elaborate feed that was enlivened by country music and dancing
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as in meal
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time
after soccer practice we were all ready for a hot shower and a satisfying feed
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Recent Examples of feed
Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The nature conservationist, 26, appeared on the Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast and shared that her 4-year-old daughter Grace is already asking to feed the crocodiles at the Australia Zoo, where Bindi lives with her daughter and husband Chandler Powell.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 June 2025
Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
Biochar is essentially a high-grade charcoal that can be made at home, while zeolite is a mined mineral that’s often sold at livestock feed stores or garden centers.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2025
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Verb
Most current models account for only the top 30 centimeters of soil and ignore root exudates—key compounds that feed microbial life and drive soil regeneration.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
The nature conservationist, 26, appeared on the Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast and shared that her 4-year-old daughter Grace is already asking to feed the crocodiles at the Australia Zoo, where Bindi lives with her daughter and husband Chandler Powell.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
Then a sweet feed to Josh Hart after the Pacers ran everybody except Reggie Miller at him.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
Biochar is essentially a high-grade charcoal that can be made at home, while zeolite is a mined mineral that’s often sold at livestock feed stores or garden centers.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feed
Verb
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Canada’s Boat Rocker is now boarding to take global distribution rights and another partner on the production.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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Another baggage handler boarded and removed it—still alive.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Both Norton and Bitdefender provide a spot to record all details about the contents of your wallet.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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Senior third baseman Holly Smith provided some stellar defense in the third inning, charging a grounder on the line, scooping the ball up and flipping it to Sujack out of her glove all in one motion for the third out on a force play at the plate.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
Verb
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This spot for soccer fans offers lots of pub fare to eat and drink.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2025
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The calls came while eating lunch, while lying in bed at night.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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Many of the largest dahlias, sometimes called dinner plate dahlias, are in the late-blooming category.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2025
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The girl vanished while her parents ate dinner a few hundred yards away and her 2-year-old twin siblings slept in the same room.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Scorpios' restaurant welcomes diners for long meals, alfresco.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Each of 75 winners will get 12 months of deals including free meals, breakfast items and shakes – about $480 worth of deals.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Now the pair are parents of three, welcoming their first child Pia in 2019, followed by James and Gemma in 2020 and 2021. 10 of 13 Raven-Symoné Raven-Symoné married Miranda Pearman-Maday in an intimate outdoor wedding in 2020 in Debbie Allen's garden (and Allen also catered the celebration!).—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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The company’s round comes amid a period of muted interest for most U.S. fintechs that cater directly to consumers.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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Without the resources to be self-sufficient, Asia must rely on LNG imports to meet its energy demands, and the U.S is taking advantage of the opportunity to supply.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Blue Origin inked a deal with United Launch Alliance to supply a version of its New Glenn main engine to power that company's Vulcan rocket.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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The banquet hall will be used in a two-room setup more frequently, according to Couch.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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Attendees of the Thursday night banquet at Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C., paid an average of $1 million to get in the room, spending close to $400 million in total.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 May 2025
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“Feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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