feed definition

1. food for domestic livestock
2. provide as food
• examples: Feed the guests the nuts
3. give food to
• examples: Feed the starving children in India
• examples: don't give the child this tough meat
4. feed into; supply
• examples: Her success feeds her vanity
5. introduce continuously
• examples: feed carrots into a food processor
6. support or promote
• examples: His admiration fed her vanity
7. take in food; used of animals only
• examples: This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
• examples: What do whales eat?
8. serve as food for; be the food for
• examples: This dish feeds six
9. gratify
• examples: feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view