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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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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
Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The drones were used to capture surveillance video of cartel activity and labs, which was fed back to officials in the United States and Mexico.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
Memories from the soiree live on Trachtenberg's Instagram feed.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Verb
For example, ants protect certain trees from herbivores while feeding on the tree’s nectar.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
The drones were used to capture surveillance video of cartel activity and labs, which was fed back to officials in the United States and Mexico.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
This belief may stem from the occasional higher cost of brown eggs, which is often due to the larger hens that lay them requiring more feed.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
Memories from the soiree live on Trachtenberg's Instagram feed.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feed
Verb
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The 17-year-old was detained by passengers and crew on Thursday, March 6, police said Comments A teenager was detained by crew and passengers on Thursday, March 6, after allegedly breaching a security fence and boarding a flight with a gun at Australia’s Avalon Airport.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The family, according to the flyer, claimed Nordquist was planning to fly back to Minnesota within two weeks, but never boarded his return flight.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Context Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week entered its fourth year, with the U.S. previously providing billions in military and humanitarian support.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The upper stage ended up exploding over the Atlantic Ocean, providing a dramatic sky show for people in the Turks and Caicos Islands and nearby areas.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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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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Soon after, Natalie and Andrew met the journalists for dinner to give their version of the story.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
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
Noun
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Picture an individual without permanent housing who can now use this AI service to arrange meal pick-ups at a car wash and find affordable medication.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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At least from a human-health point of view, that’s arguably the worst meal a mosquito could pick: Birds are some of the best hosts and multipliers of disease.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Series Mania caters for fans and industry with premieres and events open to press and public alike, ensuring a wide gaze on the dozens of new dramas having their launch moment.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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In the past, agencies have also catered their translations to target specific communities that might be affected by their actions, Cary Coglianese, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, told McClatchy News.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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In addition to serving its retail locations, Express Kitchens supplies cabinets for the country’s largest residential property developers such Toll Brothers and Winn Management, as well as Home Depot.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
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My own writing since then has sketched out some of the consequences of its fiscal crisis for operations and provided a history of the budget plans and projections that its leadership has supplied to its trustees and, by extension, to the ratings agencies.—
Clifford Ando,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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On an evening in November, 1925, a banquet was held to honor the first group to depart.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a series of nearly life-size frescoes spanning three walls of an ancient banquet hall.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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