Definition of feed

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Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..

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Lernean :: Lernean (n.) One of a family (Lernaeidae) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix..
Agist :: Agist (v. t.) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same..
Deliciously :: Deliciously (adv.) Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained..
Myrmotherine :: Myrmotherine (a.) Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.
Pasturage :: Pasturage (n.) Grass growing for feed; grazing.
Gise :: Gise (v. t.) To feed or pasture.
Nutrication :: Nutrication (n.) The act or manner of feeding.
Expend :: Expend (v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations..
Pasture :: Pasture (v. i.) To feed on growing grass; to graze.
Batrachophagous :: Batrachophagous (a.) Feeding on frogs.
Hippophagy :: Hippophagy (n.) The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.
Frugivorous :: Frugivorous (a.) Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler..
Satiate :: Satiate (v. t.) To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense..
Thornbill :: Thornbill (n.) Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane..
Winter :: Winter (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw..
Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car..
Syrt :: Syrphus fly () Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture..
Mallophaga :: Mallophaga (n. pl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird..
Zoophagous :: Zoophagous (a.) Feeding on animals.
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