1
as in to board
to provide food or meals for
a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry
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2
as in to provide
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article
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3
as in to eat
to take a meal
an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively
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1
as in dinner
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
the company barbecue was an elaborate feed that was enlivened by country music and dancing
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as in meal
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time
after soccer practice we were all ready for a hot shower and a satisfying feed
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Recent Examples of feed
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
Spending your days pampering other people can foster a deep feeling of longing to be the one being fed and massaged.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
Hoover’s Instagram feed still has plenty of posts about her book and the film in general.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The team could then feed this classified information into AI tools, either for training purposes or to mine the data for insights.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
Spending your days pampering other people can foster a deep feeling of longing to be the one being fed and massaged.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
Egg farmers also face higher costs for feed, fuel and labor because of inflation.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
Hoover’s Instagram feed still has plenty of posts about her book and the film in general.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feed
Verb
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Images show a group of men wearing gray sweatsuit outfits lined up on a tarmac waiting to board a plane.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Instead, they were shackled, boarded onto a C-17 military cargo plane and flown to Panama.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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All three refused to provide identification or sign arrest paperwork, and were identified only after their pictures were shown to an FBI agent, police said.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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However, the company declined to provide NPR with an update on the vehicle's development.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn’t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
19 July 2017
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The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays.—
Vickie Snow Jurkowski,
Daily Southtown,
19 July 2017
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Since she was elected in 2020 as Miami-Dade’s first Democratic mayor in 16 years, Levine Cava has embraced Biden and traveled multiple times to the White House, including for a state dinner.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nominees for the 97th Academy Awards gathered Tuesday night at the Academy Museum for a dinner and to keep up the annual tradition of taking a class photo of the year’s contenders.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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The team found that those who ate walnuts had faster reaction times throughout the day and better memory performance by the end of the testing period than those who did not include the nuts in their morning meal.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Grateful to sous chef Tré Burns and the crew for putting together that memorable meal.—
Leslie Kelly,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Seta explained that in the fundraiser effort last year, PALS was able to do such things during the special teacher honor week as decorate the teacher lounges and stock them with snacks and beverages, cater hot meals, and put together goodie bags and treats for teachers, staff and bus drivers.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Yet, traditional education systems often cater primarily to neurotypical learners, leaving neurodivergent students struggling to fit into a framework not designed for them.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Not one shop or medical center onboard could supply guests with gastrointestinal suspension medication or replacement salts/fluid sachets.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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France sold him Mirage fighter jets, the Reagan administration gave him U.S. intelligence, and the Soviets supplied tanks and missiles.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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In addition to Ducasse’s culinary mastery, offering a cohesive experience that encompasses the liveried staff in period costumes and the ceremonial is part and parcel of the success of the banquet, according to Révah.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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When the Oscars debuted in 1929, the banquet hall was so small that only movie stars who had a chance of winning were in attendance, says Schulman.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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