verb / noun
feed
FEED/fiːd/
Nourishment supplied to sustain a living organism.
An adult offers feed to a group of healthy chickens.
Etymology
Old English fēdan covered both giving food and sustaining or fostering. The selected meaning preserves its concrete act of nourishment, rather than the later sense “to eat.”
In context
cutting their food a little bit and maybe instead of feeding them in a bowl you feed them out of your hand
More examples
- We feed the dog twice a day.
- Keep the bags of feed dry.
- Butterflies feed on nectar from flowers.
Forms
feed · feeds · fed · feeding
feeder noun — A container that holds food for animals.