Definition of feed

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Feed (n.) An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats..

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Feed :: Feed (v. i.) To take food; to eat.
Thornbill :: Thornbill (n.) Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane..
Pasturage :: Pasturage (n.) Grass growing for feed; grazing.
Syrt :: Syrphus fly () Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture..
Summer-fallow :: Summer (v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock..
Riser :: Riser (n.) A feed head. See under Feed, n..
Stabled :: Stable (v. i.) A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable..
Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..
Feed :: Feed (n.) An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats..
Hyena :: Hyena (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits..
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..
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga..
Lernean :: Lernean (n.) One of a family (Lernaeidae) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep..
Thysanoptera :: Thysanoptera (n. pl.) A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips..
Automatical :: Automatical (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse..
Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..
Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
Sheepmaster :: Sheepmaster (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep..
Weasiness :: Weasiness (n.) Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence.
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