feed off

verb

fed off; feeding off; feeds off

: to gain strength, energy, or support from (something)

She fed off the crowd's enthusiasm.

His anger fed off his jealousy.

We are able to feed off each other's ideas.

Examples of feed off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wildfires in Florida are feeding off of vegetation made tinder-dry by a double-whammy of depleted rainfall from La Niña this past winter and a lack of rainfall from tropical storms last fall. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026

Wildfires in Florida are feeding off of vegetation made tinder-dry by a double-whammy of depleted rainfall from La Niña this past winter and a lack of rainfall from tropical storms last fall. —Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026

Stress at home and within a partnership could feed off each other. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026

This year’s El Niño will feed off the marine heat wave, but once formed, El Niño will in turn help the marine heat wave intensify and persist, said Dillon Amaya, a research scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Physical Sciences Lab. —Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for feed off

• ashraf
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