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Definition of feed noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

feed

noun
 
 
/fiːd/
 
/fiːd/
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    meal for baby/animal

  1.  
     [countable] a meal of milk for a young baby; a meal for an animal
    • her morning feed
    Topics Life stagesb2

    2. for animals/plants

  2.  
     [uncountable] food for animals or plants
    • a sack of animal feed
    • winter feed for the horses
    • liquid tomato feed
    see also foliar feed

    3. for machine

  3. [uncountable] material supplied to a machine
  4. [countable] a pipe, device, etc. that supplies a machine with something
    • The printer has an automatic paper feed.
    • feed to something the cold feed to the water cylinder
    5.

    large meal

  5. [countable, usually singular] (informal) a large meal
    • They needed a bath and a good feed.
    6.

    television programmes

  6. [uncountable] television programmes that are sent from a central station to other stations in a network; the system of sending out these programmes
    • network feed
    see also live feedTopics TV, radio and newsc2

    7. website

  7. a special feature on a blog, news website, social media site, etc. that allows you to see new information that has been added without having to visit the website, usually using a feed reader (= a piece of software that displays this information)
    • an RSS feed
    • the film's official X feed
    see also newsfeedTopics Phones, email and the internetc2
    8. Word OriginOld English fēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food.
see also chicken feed, drip feedSee feed in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee feed in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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