Synonyms for feed
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To give (someone or something) food to eat.
Feed the dog every evening.
- v. 2
To eat (usually of animals).
Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
- n. 1
Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
Related words
- Word family
- feeder feeding feedism feedsack feedstock feedstuff
- Phrases
- chicken feed feed one's face feed mill feed the troll animal feed clean feed feed bunk feed drive
- Is a kind of
- food
Forms
- Plural
- feeds → foods, meats, fodders, provenders…
Example sentences
- sustain Algeria needs to sustain a better level of growth.
- nourish The role of the placenta is to nourish the foetus.
- eat Generally speaking, Westerners don't eat fish raw.
- supply Don't flush yet. They've cut off our water supply.
- prey The hungry old eagle spotted its prey a mile away.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1, eat1
- 4 letters
- give1, food1, flow1, meat1, prey1, dash1, fare1, grub1
- 5 letters
- nurse1, feast1
- 6 letters
- course1, supply2, foster2, fodder2, pamper2, regale2, fooder
- 7 letters
- sustain2, cherish2, nurture2, nourish2
- 9 letters
- encourage3, entertain3, fertilize3, fertilise, provender
- 11 letters
- recommended4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (supply2 = 2 syllables).