feed
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
food for domestic livestock
Types & categories
- food hypernym
- blood meal hyponym
- corn gluten feed hyponym
- cattle cake hyponym
- creep feed hyponym
- fodder hyponym
- feed grain hyponym
- silage hyponym
- oil cake hyponym
- slops hyponym
- mash hyponym
- cud hyponym
- bird feed hyponym
- petfood hyponym
- mast hyponym
- fish meal hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
provide as food
Feed the guests the nuts
Types & categories
- ply hypernym
Related & opposite
- feeding derivation
Sense 3 verb
give food to
Feed the starving children in India
Types & categories
- ply hypernym
- dine hyponym
- scavenge hyponym
- fodder hyponym
- swill hyponym
- regurgitate hyponym
- corn hyponym
- undernourish hyponym
- overfeed hyponym
- spoonfeed hyponym
- force-feed hyponym
- lunch hyponym
- breakfast hyponym
- wet-nurse hyponym
- bottlefeed hyponym
- inject hyponym
- aliment hyponym
- range hyponym
- pasture hyponym
Related & opposite
- famish antonym
- eat causes
- feeding derivation
- giving derivation
- self-feeder derivation
Sense 4 verb
feed into; supply
Her success feeds her vanity
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
- tributary derivation
Sense 5 verb
introduce continuously
feed carrots into a food processor
Types & categories
- put in hypernym
Related & opposite
- self-feeder derivation
Sense 6 verb
support or promote
His admiration fed her vanity
Types & categories
- encourage hypernym
Sense 7 verb
take in food; used of animals only
This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
serve as food for; be the food for
This dish feeds six
Types & categories
- ply hypernym
Related & opposite
- provender derivation
Sense 9 verb
move along, of liquids
Water flowed into the cave
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
profit from in an exploitatory manner
He feeds on her insecurity
Types & categories
- exploit hypernym
Related & opposite
- prey derivation
Sense 11 verb
gratify
feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view
Types & categories
- regale hypernym
Related & opposite
- feast derivation
Sense 12 verb
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fertilization derivation
- fertilizer derivation
- farming domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | feed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | food |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood meal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corn gluten feed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cattle cake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | creep feed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fodder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | feed grain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oil cake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slops |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cud |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bird feed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | petfood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fish meal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | feeding |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | famish |
| 3 | causes | Related & opposite | eat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feeding |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | giving |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-feeder |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dine |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scavenge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fodder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | swill |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | regurgitate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | corn |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | undernourish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | overfeed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoonfeed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | force-feed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lunch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | breakfast |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wet-nurse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bottlefeed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | inject |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aliment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | range |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pasture |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tributary |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-feeder |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | put in |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | eating |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | provender |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | eater |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | eat |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | ingest |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | forage |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | raven |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | suckle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | graze |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | provender |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 9 | also see | Related & opposite | overflow |
| 9 | also see | Related & opposite | be due |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | outpouring |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | trend |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | rill |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | flow rate |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | flush |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | jet |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | tide |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | circulate |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | purl |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | waste |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | run down |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | pour |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | spill |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | well out |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | dribble |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | drain |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | ooze |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | gutter |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | prey |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | exploit |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | feast |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | regale |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | fertilization |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | fertilizer |
| 12 | domain topic | Related & opposite | farming |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | enrich |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | nitrify |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | dung |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | topdress |