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feed - use in sentences
Object
- duck: FEEDING THE DUCKS It's always tempting when visiting the Watercress Beds to take along a bag of stale bread to feed the ducks.
Preposition: on
- invertebrate: They and their larvae will feed on the invertebrates in the trough.
- insect: As nectar is low in protein it also feeds on insects, catching them in the same way as a swift in flight.
- algae: They feed on the abundant algae which thrives in the warm lake waters.
- crustacean: A hard-fighting, bottom-dwelling fish that feeds on crustaceans, larvae and bloodworms, and generally found in small shoals.
- earthworm: Because moles feed on earthworms, killing the worms in an area of turf will make it unattractive to moles.
Adjective modifier
- foliar: Alan also uses a kind of nettle soup that he applies through the year as a foliar feed.
- liquid: A regular weekly liquid feed will ensure a good yield.
- animal: What there is not enough of is animal feed - cereals to drive the predicted increase in meat consumption.
Modifies a noun
- ban: In fact, no animal born after the feed ban was introduced in August 1996 has developed BSE.
- reader: To view our web feeds you need software called a feed reader or aggregator.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- through: These effects are communicated to the behavior submodel which, in turn, feeds through to the movement of the individual.
Preposition: with
- fertilizer: Keep very well watered but only water around the plants and feed with liquid fertilizer once the fruits begin to form.
Noun used with modifier
- rss: RSS feed for comments on this post. anna, pickard, weblog. northeast veering south 8 or 9, increasing 10.
- drip: EU funding was never meant to be a constant drip feed.
- livestock: In contrast, 64 per cent is used to produce livestock feed.
- breast: Infant milks are intended to replace breast milk when mothers do not breast feed.
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