Definition of feed

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Feed (v. t.) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work)..

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Coprophagous :: Coprophagous (a.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects..
Graze :: Graze (v. t.) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.
Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
Lemur :: Lemur (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) The price paid for such feeding.
Graze :: Graze (v. t.) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for..
Stoker :: Stoker (v. t.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire..
Agama :: Agama (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards..
Augur :: Augur (n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences..
Granivorous :: Granivorous (a.) Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds..
Hippophagous :: Hippophagous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars..
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses..
Pasturage :: Pasturage (n.) The business of feeding or grazing cattle.
Siphonophora :: Siphonophora (n. pl.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita..
Vermivorous :: Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds..
Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car..
Beefeater :: Beefeater (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known..
Stinkhorn :: Stinker (n.) Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar..
Saprophytic :: Saprophytic (a.) Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
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