[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fee \fee\ f=e, v. t. imp.  p. p. feed f=ed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. feeing.
   to reward for services performed, or to be performed; to
   recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
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         the patient . . . fees the doctor.       --dryden.
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         there's not a one of them but in his house
         i keep a servant feed.                   --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
feed feeing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

feed \feed\ f=ed, v. t. imp.  p. p. fed fe^d; p. pr.
    vb. n. feeding. as. f=edan, fr. f=oda food; akin to
   os. f=odian, ofries. f=eda, f=oda, d. voeden, ohg.
   fuottan, icel. faeetha, sw. f"oda, dan. f"ode.
   root75. see food.
   1. to give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy
      the physical huger of.
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            if thine enemy hunger, feed him.      --rom. xii.
                                                  20.
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            unreasonable creatures feed their young. --shak.
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   2. to satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any sense, talent,
      taste, or desire.
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            i will feed fat the ancient grudge i bear him.
                                                  --shak.
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            feeding him with the hope of liberty. --knolles.
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   3. to fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or
      wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill;
      to feed a furnace with coal.
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   4. to nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen,
      develop, and guard.
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            thou shalt feed my people israel.     --2 sam. v. 2.
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            mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed. --b.
                                                  cornwall.
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   5. to graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by
      cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it
      with sheep.
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            once in three years feed your mowing lands.
                                                  --mortimer.
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   6. to give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for
      consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed
      water to a steam boiler.
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   7. mach.
      a to supply the material to be operated upon to a
          machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.
      b to produce progressive operation upon or with as in
          wood and metal working machines, so that the work
          moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work.
          1913 webster
see also:
fed feeding food 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

feed \feed\, n.
   1. that which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
      pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
      for sheep.
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   2. a grazing or pasture ground. --shak.
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   3. an allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
      meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
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   4. a meal, or the act of eating. r.
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            for such pleasure till that hour
            at feed or fountain never had i found. --milton.
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   5. the water supplied to steam boilers.
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   6. mach.
      a the motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
          be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
          machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
          any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
          lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
          work.
      b the supply of material to a machine, as water to a
          steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
          stones.
      c the mechanism by which the action of feeding is
          produced; a feed motion.
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   feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
      

   feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
      fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.

   feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.

   feed head.
      a a cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
          boiler.
      b founding an excess of metal above a mold, which
          serves to render the casting more compact by its
          pressure; -- also called a riser, deadhead, or
          simply feed or head --knight.

   feed heater.
      a steam engine a vessel in which the feed water for
          the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
      b a boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
          

   feed motion, or feed gear mach., the train of mechanism
      that gives motion to the part that directly produces the
      feed in a machine.

   feed pipe, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
      engine, etc., with water.

   feed pump, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
      boiler, etc.

   feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a
      feeder. --knight.

   feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
      regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.

   feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.

   feed wheel mach., a kind of feeder. see feeder, n., 8.
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see also:
feed bag feed cloth feed door feed head riser deadhead 
feed head feed heater feed motion feed gear 
feed pipe feed pump feed regulator feed screw feed water 
feed wheel feeder 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

feed \feed\, v. i.
   1. to take food; to eat.
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            her kid . . . which i afterwards killed because it
            would not feed.                       --de foe.
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   2. to subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed
      one's self upon something; to prey; -- with on or upon.
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            leaving thy trunk for crows to feed upon. --shak.
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   3. to be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by
      food. "he feeds upon the cooling shade." --spenser.
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   4. to place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.
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            if a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall
            feed in another man's field.          --ex. xxii. 5.
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[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: give ant: starve
     3: feed into; supply; "her success feeds her vanity"
     4: introduce continuously; "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: move along, of liquids; "water flowed into the cave"; "the
        missouri feeds into the mississippi" syn: run, flow,
        course
     9: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "he feeds on her
        insecurity" syn: prey
     10: gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" syn: feast
     11: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "we should
         fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" syn: fertilize,
          fertilise
     also: fed
see also:
provender give starve feed in eat run 
flow course prey feast fertilize 
fertilise fed 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

195 moby thesaurus words for "feed":
   abet, aid and abet, allay, appease, ask for, assuage, bank,
   banquet, barley, bed, bed down, bird seed, board, bran, bread,
   break, break bread, breed, bridle, brush, bunker, burn, care for,
   cat food, cater, cherish, chicken feed, chop, chow, coal, coddle,
   conflagrate, corn, cosset, count calories, countenance, cradle,
   cultivate, culture, curry, currycomb, deliver, depend on, detonate,
   devour, diet, dine, dish out, dispense, dog food, drench,
   dry-nurse, eat, eatage, eats, edibles, encourage, enkindle,
   ensilage, entertainment, explode, fall to, fan the flame, fare,
   farm, fatten, feast, feed the fire, fill up, find, fire, fodder,
   fondle, food, forage, foster, fuel, fuel up, fulminate, furnish,
   gas, gas up, gentle, give encouragement, grain, grass, gratify,
   graze, groom, grow, grub, hand, hand over, handle, harness, hatch,
   hay, hitch, hunger, ignite, inflame, invite, keep,
   keep in countenance, kindle, lavish care on, light, light up,
   litter, maintain, manage, mash, meal, meat, mess, milk, mother,
   nourish, nurse, nurture, oats, oil, pamper, partake, partake of,
   pasturage, pasture, pet food, pitch in, provender, provide,
   provide for, provision, provisions, purvey, quench, raise, ranch,
   rear, refection, refreshment, refuel, regale, regalement, rekindle,
   relight, relish, relume, repas, repast, rub down, run, saddle,
   sate, satiate, satisfy, savor, scratch, scratch feed, sell,
   set fire to, set on fire, silage, slake, slops, spoon-feed, spread,
   stir the fire, stoke, stoke the fire, straw, strike a light,
   suckle, supply, support, sustain, swill, table, take, tame, taste,
   tend, top off, torch, touch off, train, treat, viands, victual,
   victuals, water, wet-nurse, wheat, wine and dine, yoke

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