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feed - food for domestic livestock |
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provender |
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food,
nutrient any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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blood meal the dried and powdered blood of animals
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corn gluten feed a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten
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cattle cake a concentrated feed for cattle; processed in the form of blocks or cakes
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creep feed feed given to young animals isolated in a creep
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fodder coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
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feed grain grain grown for cattle feed
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ensilage,
silage fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
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oil cake mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock
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pigswill,
pigwash,
slop,
slops,
swill wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
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mash mixture of ground animal feeds
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cud,
rechewed food food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
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birdseed,
bird feed,
bird food food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
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pet-food,
petfood,
pet food food prepared for animal pets
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mast a vertical spar for supporting sails
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fish meal ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock
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| Verb |
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feed - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
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give |
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famish,
starve die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
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eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
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cater,
ply,
provide,
supply supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
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dine give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"
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scavenge remove unwanted substances from
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fodder give fodder (to domesticated animals)
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slop,
swill feed pigs
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regurgitate repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"
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corn preserve with salt; "corned beef"
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malnourish,
undernourish provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished"
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overfeed feed excessively
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spoonfeed teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students"
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force-feed feed someone who will not or cannot eat
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lunch take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"
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breakfast eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven"
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breastfeed,
give suck,
lactate,
nurse,
suck,
suckle,
wet-nurse give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
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bottlefeed feed (infants) with a bottle
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inject give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
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aliment,
nourish,
nutrify provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
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range let eat; "range the animals in the prairie"
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crop,
graze,
pasture cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
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feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
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eat |
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consume,
have,
ingest,
take,
take in engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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forage wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"
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raven feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"
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suckle suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
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browse,
crop,
graze,
pasture,
range eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
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feed - introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" |
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enclose,
inclose,
insert,
introduce,
put in,
stick in surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
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feed - serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six" |
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cater,
ply,
provide,
supply supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
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feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" |
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furnish,
provide,
render,
supply provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
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feed - provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts" |
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cater,
ply,
provide,
supply supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
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feed - gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" |
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feast |
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regale,
treat provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
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feed - support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity" |
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advance,
boost,
encourage,
further,
promote rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
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