/fiːd/
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.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- fedan
- English cognates
- food, fodder
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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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.
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