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füttern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • lining noun A layer of material covering or added to the inside of something.
  • munch verb To chew food steadily and often audibly.

Senses

füttern is used for these senses in English:

  • feed (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
  • feed (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
  • feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
  • line (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
  • lining The act of attaching such a covering.
  • munch To eat vigorously or with excitement.

feed — full definition

  1. verb To give food to a person or animal.
  2. verb To supply material into a machine or process.
  3. noun Food given to farm animals or pets.
  4. noun A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.

line — full definition

  1. noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  2. noun A row or sequence of people, things, or words, one after another.
  3. verb To arrange people or things in a row, or to form such a row.
  4. verb To cover the inside surface of something with a layer of material.
  5. noun A telephone or other communication connection.

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