feed

food for domestic livestock

provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"

give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"

introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"

support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"

take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"

serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"

move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"

gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"