feed on/upon

phrasal verb

fed on/upon; feeding on/upon; feeds on/upon

: to eat (something) as food

—usually used of animals

Owls feed on insects, birds, and small mammals.

Examples of feed on/upon in a Sentence

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Yet these quiet scenes are punctuated with tactile depictions of dirt, not to mention the visceral suffering of a man held in the pillory where maggots feed on his open leg wound. —Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024

The whale pump is a process that begins when whales plunge deep into the ocean to feed on krill, before returning to the surface and defecating. —Alaa Elassar, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024

Supermassive black holes also feed on the cloud of spinning particles and gas surrounding them, also called an accretion disk. —Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024

Cabbage aphids feed on cruciferous family members, like cabbages and greens. —Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2024