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alimentar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
  • foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  • power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.

Senses

alimentar is used for these senses in English:

  • feed (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
  • feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
  • foster (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
  • power (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

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.

foster — full definition

  1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
  3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

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