feed

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. eat, dine, consume, devour; graze; nourish, nurture, bait; supply, provide, furnish; satisfy, gratify. See food, sufficiency, fuel.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. fodder, food for animals, pasture, forage, provender, pasturage, roughage, silage, mash, provisions, supplies.

Common feeds include: grain, small grain, corn, oats, barley, rye, wheat, millet, peanuts, pulse, hay, clover, timothy, alsike, sweet clover, alfalfa, vetch, cowpeas, sorghum, rape, kale, soybeans, beets, ensilage, silage, molasses, oil meal, bean meal, tankage, bone meal, fish meal, straw, bran, maize, Kaffir corn, grass, pasture. v.

Syn. feast, regale, give food to, satisfy the hunger of, nourish, supply, support, sate, satisfy, fill, stuff, cram, gorge, banquet, dine, nurse, give suck to, maintain, augment, fatten, provide for, provision, victual, cater, stock, furnish, nurture, sustain, foster, keep alive, encourage, pasture, graze, gratify, serve, minister to, wait upon, wine and dine*.

Ant. starve*, deprive, quench.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

food, fodder, ensilage, silage, forage, pasturage, vittles, *grub, provisions.

II

v.

nourish, fuel, fill, sustain, provide, *wine and dine, serve, provision, foster, cater, maintain, give, *stuff, cram. see eat

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To sustain (a living organism) with food: nourish. See INGESTION. 2. To maintain existence in a certain way: live1, subsist. See INGESTION. 3. To help bring about: encourage, foster, promote. See HELP. II noun Informal. A large meal elaborately prepared or served: banquet, feast, junket. Informal: spread. See INGESTION.