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{ "term": "feed", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "feed", "heSheIt": "feeds" }, "pastSimple": "fed", "pastParticiple": "fed", "ingForm": "feeding" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to give food to a person or an animal", "sensetop": "feed somebody/something/yourselffeed somebody/something sthfeed somebody/something (on) somethingfeed something to somebody/somethingfeed somebody/something with something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Have you fed the cat yet?", "contextForm": "feed somebody/something/yourself" }, { "text": "The baby can't feed itself yet *(= can't put food into its own mouth)*." }, { "text": "It's important to feed children a well-balanced diet.", "contextForm": "feed somebody/something sth" }, { "text": "He has to be fed liquids through a tube in his stomach." }, { "text": "The cattle are fed (on) barley.", "contextForm": "feed somebody/something (on) something" }, { "text": "The barley is fed to the cattle.", "contextForm": "feed something to somebody/something" }, { "text": "The animals are fed with hay and grass.", "contextForm": "feed somebody/something with something" }, { "text": "Most of the crop is fed to the cattle." }, { "text": "She fed the children on baked beans and fish fingers." }, { "text": "Feed the kids and make sure they're in bed by nine." } ], "topics": ["Animals", "Farming"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["properly", "well", "poorly"], "verb + feed": ["help (to)", "afford to"], "preposition": ["on", "to", "with"], "phrases": ["a mouth to feed"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to eat food", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Slugs and snails feed at night." }, { "text": "Egrets and a solitary grey heron were busily feeding." }, { "text": "The bears feed voraciously in summer and store energy as fat." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["voraciously", "mainly", "mostly"], "preposition": ["on"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to provide food for a person or group of people", "sensetop": "feed somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They have a large family to feed." }, { "text": "There's enough here to feed an army." }, { "text": "Have they been feeding you well?" }, { "text": "They struggled to **feed and clothe** the children." }, { "text": "Having another mouth *(= person)* to feed can be a strain." }, { "text": "I can no longer afford to feed my family." }, { "text": "How can we feed a hungry world?" }, { "text": "The children were poorly fed." }, { "text": "My grandmother always feeds me well." }, { "text": "She could barely feed and clothe herself." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["properly", "well", "poorly"], "verb + feed": ["help (to)", "afford to"], "preposition": ["on", "to", "with"], "phrases": ["a mouth to feed"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to give a plant a special substance to make it grow", "sensetop": "feed something", "examples": [ { "text": "Feed the plants once a week." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["properly", "well", "poorly"], "verb + feed": ["help (to)", "afford to"], "preposition": ["on", "to", "with"], "phrases": ["a mouth to feed"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to give advice, information, etc. to somebody/something", "sensetop": "be fed somethingbe fed with somethingbe fed to somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.", "contextForm": "be fed something" }, { "text": "The media were being fed with accusations and lies.", "contextForm": "be fed with something" }, { "text": "Gossip and speculation are constantly fed to us by the media.", "contextForm": "be fed to somebody" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["directly", "constantly"], "preposition": ["into", "through", "to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to supply something to somebody/something", "sensetop": "be fed (by something)A is fed with BB is fed into A", "examples": [ { "text": "The lake is fed by a river.", "contextForm": "be fed (by something)" }, { "text": "The electricity line is fed with power through an underground cable.", "contextForm": "A is fed with B" }, { "text": "Power is fed into the electricity line through an underground cable.", "contextForm": "B is fed into A" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["directly", "constantly"], "preposition": ["into", "through", "to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to put or push something into or through a machine", "sensetop": "feed A (with B)feed B into Afeed something into/through something", "examples": [ { "text": "He fed the meter with coins.", "contextForm": "feed A (with B)" }, { "text": "He fed coins into the meter.", "contextForm": "feed B into A" }, { "text": "The information was fed into the data store." }, { "text": "The fabric is fed through the machine.", "contextForm": "feed something into/through something" }, { "text": "Receptors constantly feed information into the system." }, { "text": "This feeds the paper through to the printer." }, { "text": "The data is fed directly into a computer." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["directly", "constantly"], "preposition": ["into", "through", "to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to satisfy a need, desire, etc. and keep it strong", "sensetop": "feed something", "examples": [ { "text": "For drug addicts, the need to feed the addiction takes priority over everything else." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to eat a lot of food or too much food", "labels": "(informal, usually disapproving)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/fiːd/", "audio": "fe/feed/feed__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/fiːdz/", "audio": "fe/feed/feeds__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/fed/", "audio": "fe/feed/fed__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːdɪŋ/", "audio": "fe/feed/feeding__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/fiːd/", "audio": "fe/feed/feed__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/fiːdz/", "audio": "fe/feed/feeds__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/fed/", "audio": "fe/feed/fed__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːdɪŋ/", "audio": "fe/feed/feeding__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English fēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food." }