feed
feed Lexical Profile
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• noun
A continuous stream of data, information, or content provided to a user or system (especially in computing and social media).
"I spent the morning scrolling through my social media feed to catch up on the news."
Food given to animals, especially livestock or poultry.
"The farmer unloaded fifty bags of chicken feed into the barn."
A mechanism, pipe, or channel for supplying material or power to a machine.
"The printer stopped working because the paper feed was jammed."
• verb
To give food to a person, animal, or group.
"She went out to the barn to feed the horses before sunrise."
To supply a machine, system, or process with material, power, or information to keep it operating.
"The sensors constantly feed real-time data back to the central server."
To consume food or take nourishment (especially of animals).
"The cattle generally feed on the lush green grass during the spring months."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'fēdan' meaning 'to nourish, give food to', of Germanic origin; related to the word 'food'.
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