Слово англійською: feed
Дієслово
Переклад feed українською: годува́ти, нагодува́ти кого́ чим, харчува́тися чим, пода́ча (води́ і т. д.), відгодува́ти (свиню́ і т. д.), підгодува́ти, ви́годувати
Детальний опис
give/eat food
- [transitive] to give food to a person or an animal
- feed somebody/something/yourself Have you fed the cat yet?
- The baby can't feed itself yet (= can't put food into its own mouth).
- feed somebody/something sth It's important to feed children a well-balanced diet.
- He has to be fed liquids through a tube in his stomach.
- feed somebody/something (on) something The cattle are fed (on) barley.
- feed something to somebody/something The barley is fed to the cattle.
- feed somebody/something with something The animals are fed with hay and grass.
see also bottle-feed, force-feedWordfinder- baby
- birth
- child
- dummy
- feed
- incubator
- nappy
- pram
- premature
- teethe
- [intransitive] (of a baby or an animal) to eat food
- Slugs and snails feed at night.
see also feed on/off something
- [transitive] feed somebody to provide food for a person or group of people
- They have a large family to feed.
- There's enough here to feed an army.
- Have they been feeding you well?
- They struggled to feed and clothe the children.
- Having another mouth (= person) to feed can be a strain.
plant
- [transitive] feed something to give a plant a special substance to make it grow
- Feed the plants once a week.
give advice/information
- [transitive, often passive] to give advice, information, etc. to somebody/something
- be fed something We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
- be fed with something The media were being fed with accusations and lies.
- be fed to somebody Gossip and speculation are constantly fed to us by the media.
see also drip-feed, spoon-feed supply
- [transitive, usually passive] to supply something to somebody/something
- be fed (by something) The lake is fed by a river.
- A is fed with B The electricity line is fed with power through an underground cable.
- B is fed into A Power is fed into the electricity line through an underground cable.
put into machine
- [transitive] to put or push something into or through a machine
- feed A (with B) He fed the meter with coins.
- feed B into A He fed coins into the meter.
- The information was fed into the data store.
- feed something into/through something The fabric is fed through the machine.
satisfy need
- [transitive] feed something to satisfy a need, desire, etc. and keep it strong
- For drug addicts, the need to feed the addiction takes priority over everything else.
Word OriginOld English fēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food.
Idioms bite the hand that feeds you
- to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you
- (informal, usually disapproving) to eat a lot of food or too much food
Phrasal Verbs- feed back
- feed into
- feed off
- feed on
- feed through
- feed up