feed
n : food for domestic livestock [syn: {provender}]
v 1: provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
2: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't
give the child this tough meat" [syn: {grub}, {give}]
[ant: {starve}]
3: feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
4: introduce continuously; as into a a machine or processor:
"feed carrots into a food processor" [syn: {feed in}]
5: support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
6: take in food; used of animals only: "This dog doesn't eat
certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: {eat}]
7: serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
8: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her
insecurity" [syn: {prey}]
9: gratify; "feed one's eye on a gorgeous view" [syn: {feast}]
10: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; in agriculture
and gardening; "We shoudl fertilize soil if we want to
grow healthy plants" [syn: {fertilize}]