1
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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1
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
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Starting Saturday, her EBT card should have had $1,000 on it to feed her family of four.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Helm topples trees, uproots crops, overturns feed stacks, steals loose blankets.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Located in its app, the Watch tab now features a feed of vertical video stories, though they are editorially curated rather than algorithmically fed, at least for now.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Starting Saturday, her EBT card should have had $1,000 on it to feed her family of four.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
Her Instagram feed features new posts, mostly warm and fuzzy updates about her family.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Helm topples trees, uproots crops, overturns feed stacks, steals loose blankets.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feed
Verb
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After that, riders across the line will be able to board and ride all 6 miles of the extended track.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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These trips fly from Chile to King George Island to board your ship.—
Ashton Palmer,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Casting directors Cindy Tolan, Lucy Bevan and Patricia Vasconcelos provided a masterclass and held a series of casting sessions with Portuguese actors in the build-up to Passaporte Lisboa, a casting festival that runs in November.—
Martin Dale,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This could make eating more enjoyable, leading to eating more.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Oct. 2025
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The video showed dozens of videos and pictures sent to her, all featuring people eating McDonald's fries as a show of solidarity.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For dinner, the creative tasting menu at Mexican restaurant Autor offers the chefs an opportunity to showcase their heritage, while Kengai’s Asian menu is inspired by the Japanese Izakaya tradition of sharing dishes.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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Queen Letizia’s wardrobe selections for the state gala dinner on Tuesday night was a near-exact replica of the Spanish royal’s attire for the state banquet at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in April 2024, during the Spanish royals‘ state visit to the country.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This creamy take on chicken noodle soup will be your family's new favorite comfort meal.—
Phoebe Evans,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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Thought to be named after Japan’s Mount Fuji by genre pioneer Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister in the 1960s, fújì took cues from the wéré music played during Ramadan to wake and entertain Muslims for the Sahur meal before dawn.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Bias said certain lines cater primarily to adults, but others, such as Explora Journeys and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, are particularly welcoming to all generations.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Each neck gaiter is multipurpose, but some of them come with different features that might cater more to a specific activity.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The peaches were used to make the salsas produced by both manufacturers and supplied to Kroger locations.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Companies used the standpipe to bring water to the Rio Verde Foothills housing development after Scottsdale stopped supplying that community with water for several months in 2023.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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There’s a variety of seating types, including leather armchairs, lounge chairs, and banquets, each with USB and USB-C ports nearby.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
29 Oct. 2025
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Beyond bridal style at royal weddings, British royal women typically only break out tiaras for the most formal occasions, such as state banquets.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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