feed

(fēd)

1. a. To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children.
   b. To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat.
2. a. To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
   b. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county.
3. a. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.
   b. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.
   c. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite.
4. a. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid.
   b. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
5. To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor.
6. Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially to set up a scoring chance.

1. To eat: pigs feeding at a trough.
2. To be nourished or supported: an ego that feeds on flattery.
3. a. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.
   b. To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway.

1. a. Food for animals or birds.
   b. The amount of such food given at one time.
2. Informal A meal, especially a large one.
3. The act of eating.
4. a. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.
   b. The act of supplying such material.
5. a. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.
   b. The aperture through which such material enters a machine.
6. a. The transmission or conveyance of a local radio or television program, as by satellite, on the Internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations.
   b. A program or signal so transmitted or conveyed.
7. Sports A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance.