feed - English word #436

Translation

To give food to a person or an animal.

Word origin

From Old English fedan, meaning to give food to, from the same root as food.

Verb typeirregular (feed, feeds, fed)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

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"Feed" means to give food to a person or animal.

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"Feeds" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Fed" is the past form of "feed", which does not add -ed.

eat

To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

food

Food is anything that people or animals eat to stay alive and grow.

give

To hand something to someone so it becomes theirs to have or use.

raise

To lift something up, or to help a child grow up.

love

To like someone or something very much, deep in your heart.

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