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1. Provide as food
   "Feed the guests the nuts"
    
2. Give food to
   "Feed the starving children in India"
   - give
    
3. Feed into; supply
   "Her success feeds her vanity"
    
4. Introduce continuously
   "feed carrots into a food processor"
   - feed in
    
5. Support or promote
   "His admiration fed her vanity"
    
6. Take in food; used of animals only
   - eat
    
7. Serve as food for; be the food for
   "This dish feeds six"
    
8. Move along, of liquids
   "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
   - run, flow, course
    
9. Profit from in an exploitatory manner
   "He feeds on her insecurity"
   - prey
    
10. Gratify
    "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
    - feast
     
11. Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
    - fertilize, fertilise [Brit]

1. Food for domestic livestock
   - provender, feedstuff

1. Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
   "fee the steward"
   - tip, bung

Derived forms: feeding, feeds, fed

See also: feeder, feeding

Type of: advance, boost, cater, consume, enclose, encourage, enrich, exploit, food, furnish, further, gift, give, have, inclose, ingest, insert, introduce, move, nutrient, ply, present, promote, provide, put in, regale, render, stick in, supply, take, take in, treat, work

Antonym: starve

Encyclopedia: Fee