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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Flesh :: Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time..
Ophiophagous :: Ophiophagous (a.) Feeding on serpents; -- said of certain birds and reptiles.
Zoophagous :: Zoophagous (a.) Feeding on animals.
Entomophagous :: Entomophagous (a.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
Iguana :: Iguana (n.) Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits..
Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..
Feed :: Feed (n.) That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep..
Benting Time :: Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe..
Graze :: Graze (v. i.) To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows..
Provender :: Provender (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed..
Cibation :: Cibation (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
Smell-feast :: Smell-feast (n.) A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..
Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Stuffer :: Stuff (v. i.) To feed gluttonously; to cram.
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..
Ostreophagist :: Ostreophagist (n.) One who feeds on oysters.
Sea Snake :: Sea snake () Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad..
Nourish :: Nourish (v. t.) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment..
Batrachophagous :: Batrachophagous (a.) Feeding on frogs.
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