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For the verb: "to feed"

Simple Past:	fed
Past Participle:	fed

feed
A	noun
	1	feed, provender
			food for domestic livestock
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚food; nutrient ╚feed, provender ╚mash ╚slop; slops; swill; pigswill; pigwash ╚oil cake ╚silage; ensilage ╚eatage; forage; pasture; pasturage; grass ╚feed grain ╚fodder ╚creep feed ╚cattle cake ╚corn gluten feed ╚blood meal
B	verb
	1	feed, feed in
			introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚put; set; place; pose; position; lay ╚insert; enclose; inclose; stick in; put in; introduce ╚feed, feed in
	2	fertilize, fertilise, feed
			provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚better; improve; amend; ameliorate; meliorate ╚enrich ╚fertilize, fertilise, feed ╚topdress ╚dung ╚nitrify
	3	feed, give
			give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚provide; supply; ply; cater ╚feed, give ╚overfeed ╚undernourish; malnourish ╚corn ╚regurgitate ╚slop; swill ╚fodder ╚scavenge ╚dine
	4	feed, eat
			take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
		Category Tree: consume; ingest; take in; take; have ╚feed, eat ╚crop; browse; graze; range; pasture ╚suckle ╚raven ╚forage
	5	feed
			serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚provide; supply; ply; cater ╚feed
	6	feed
			feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚supply; provide; render; furnish ╚feed
	7	feed
			provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚provide; supply; ply; cater ╚feed
	8	feed, feast
			gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚provide; supply; ply; cater ╚regale; treat ╚feed, feast
	9	prey, feed
			profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
		Category Tree: use; utilize; utilise; apply; employ ╚exploit; work ╚prey, feed
	10	run, flow, feed, course
			move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
		Category Tree: move ╚run, flow, feed, course ╚circulate ╚tide; surge ╚jet; gush ╚flush
	11	feed
			support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
		Category Tree: support; back up ╚promote; advance; boost; further; encourage ╚feed

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