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n.
One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
n.
A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.
v. t.
To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox.
n.
The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.
v. t.
To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.
n.
That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.
n.
Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially V. spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
v. t.
To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.
v. t.
To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. t.
To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.
v. i.
To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon.
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A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.
n.
A feeder; an eater; also, one who provides viands, or food; a host.
v. t.
To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.
a.
Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds.
v. i.
To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.
n.
An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
n.
A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
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