feed the meter

: 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

: systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm 1) in verse:

: rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern

: rhythm characterized by regular recurrence of a systematic arrangement of basic patterns in larger figures

: one that measures

: the base unit of length in the International System of Units that is equal to the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in ¹/₂₉₉,₇₉₂,₄₅₈ second or to about 39.37 inches — see Metric System Table

: an instrument for measuring and sometimes recording the time or amount of something

: postage meter

: to measure by means of a meter

: to supply in a measured or regulated amount

: to print postal indicia on by means of a postage meter

: instrument or means for measuring