How to Use "Feed" with Example Sentences

feed (n): food for animals; a digital signal

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Used with nouns:

"He grows feed barley."
(barley, corn, crops)

"He took the crop to the feed mill."
(mill)

"She is cleaning the animals' feed trough."
(trough)

"They are worried about running out of cattle feed."
(cattle, pig, chicken, livestock, animal)

"The satellite feed was interrupted by bad weather."
(satellite)

feed (v): to give food to a person or animal; to eat; to supply something

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Used with adverbs:

"Are you feeding her well?"
(well, properly, regularly)

"The rescued animals had been poorly fed."
(poorly)

"She can barely feed herself."
(barely, hardly)

"These animals feed mostly on plants."
(mostly, mainly, primarily)

"Koalas feed exclusively on leaves from eucalyptus trees."
(exclusively)

"The data feeds directly into this program."
(directly, constantly)

Used with verbs:

"He helps feed the animals every morning."
(helps)

"She can't afford to feed her family organic foods."
(afford to)

Used with prepositions:

"He feeds leftovers to the pigs."
(to)

"The cows are mostly fed with corn."
(with)

"The children should be fed on time."
(on)

"Water is fed directly into the pipes."
(into)

"The dough is fed through the pasta machine ."
(through)

Used with nouns:

"This river feeds into Lake Michigan."
(river, stream, creek)

"A baby feeds on milk."
(baby, calf, infant)

"She got up early to feed the cat."
(cat, dog, baby, animals, pets, pigs, ducks, cows, livestock)

"She's trying not to feed his ego."
(ego, addiction)

"The dry land is feeding the fire."
(fire, flames)

"He has to go feed the parking meter."
(meter)

"We were fed a lot of misinformation."
(misinformation, lies)