[{"word":"feeds","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses."},{"definition":"Something supplied continuously.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a satellite feed"},{"definition":"The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the paper feed of a printer"},{"definition":"The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A meal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"They held a crab feed on the beach."},{"definition":"Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Feed the dog every evening."},{"definition":"To eat (usually of animals).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Spiders feed on gnats and flies."},{"definition":"To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Feed the fish to the dolphins."},{"definition":"To give to a machine to be processed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Feed the paper gently into the document shredder."},{"definition":"To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To supply with something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Springs feed ponds with water."},{"definition":"To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep."},{"definition":"To pass to.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Nasalization feeds raising."},{"definition":"(of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["nourish"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feed","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feeds"]}]