Definition of feed off
- She fed off the crowd's enthusiasm.
- His anger fed off his jealousy.
- We are able to feed off each other's ideas.
: to give food to
: to give as food
: to furnish something essential to the development, sustenance, maintenance, or operation of
: an act of eating
: meal
: food for livestock
: from a place or position
: at a distance in space or time
: from a course : aside
used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: competition : contest
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