feeds

Meanings

• verb

  The action of supplying a living organism or machine with nutrients, especially food.

  - "Plants feed on sunlight."
  - "Babies are fed with a bottle."
  - "Elephants feed on large quantities of food."

• noun

  A source of information or content, especially on the internet.

  - "I follow several news feeds to stay updated."
  - "Social media feeds can be addictive."
  - "The latest research feeds are available online."

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Synonyms

nourish

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with feeds
seed , need , greed , deed , reed

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Variants

List of all variants of feeds that leads to same result
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Forms

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feeds, fed, feeding, feeder

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Etymology

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The word 'feed' comes from the Old English word 'fēdan' which means 'to graze' or 'to pasture'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'feed' is used in computer science to describe data that is continuously provided to a program or system.

2. The verb 'to feed' is often used in the present continuous tense to describe an ongoing action, such as 'I am feeding the dog' or 'The baby is being fed.'

3. The noun 'feed' is often used in the plural form to describe multiple sources of information, such as 'I follow several news feeds.'

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Related Concepts

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1. nutrition: The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for growth and maintenance of an organism.

2. food chain: A sequence of organisms each depending for food on the previous one in a community, such as plants and herbivores, herbivores and carnivores, and carnivores and decomposers.

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Culture

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In literature, 'feeds' is often used metaphorically to describe the nourishment or sustenance that characters receive. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the character Nick Carraway speaks of Gatsby's 'vast, vacuous feeds', referring to his wealth and material possessions.

How to Memorize "feeds"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a cow grazing in a field.
   - Visualize a baby being fed with a bottle.
   - Think of a bird feeding its young ones.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'feed' with the idea of nourishment or sustenance.
   - Link the word 'feed' with the image of a source of information.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym FED to remember the definitions: Feed (action of supplying nutrients), Edible (food), and Data (information source).
   - Create a mental image of a cow feeding in a field to remember the agricultural meaning of 'feed'.
   - Associate the word 'feed' with the word 'feedback' to help remember the meaning of 'feed' as a source of information.

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