verb
feed
FEED
verb
1
To give food to a person or animal.
"She feeds the chickens every morning before school."
"Could you feed the baby while I get the bottle ready?"
2
To supply material into a machine or process.
"The printer feeds paper automatically from the tray."
noun
1
Food given to farm animals or pets.
"The farmer bought a fresh sack of chicken feed."
2
A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.
"She scrolled through her feed during her lunch break."
How to Use Feed
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo give food, or to supply something continuously — including, today, an online stream of posts.
Common pairings
feed the dog
news feed
social media feed
feed data into
Word Forms
fed past tense, feeds plural, feeds singular
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Etymology
From Old English fēdan, "to feed," going back to a very old Indo-European root meaning "to guard or graze" — related to food and fodder.