I.
noun
Feed is used before these nouns: ↑ barley , ↑ mill , ↑ trough
Feed is used after these nouns: ↑ cattle , ↑ satellite
II.
verb
1 give food to a person/animal/plant
ADVERB
▪ properly , well
▪
Have they been ~ing you well?
▪ poorly
▪
The children were poorly fed.
▪ barely
▪
She could barely ~ and clothe herself.
▪ regularly
VERB + FEED
▪ help (to)
▪
How can we ~ a hungry world?
▪ afford to
▪
He could no longer afford to ~ his family.
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
She fed the children on junk food.
▪ to
▪
Most of the crop is fed to the cattle.
▪ with
▪
The animals are fed with hay and grass.
PHRASES
▪ a mouth to ~
▪
He saw the new baby as just another mouth to ~.
2 eat
ADVERB
▪ voraciously
▪
The bears ~ voraciously in summer and store energy as fat.
▪ mainly , mostly , predominantly , primarily
▪ exclusively
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
The seals ~ mainly on fish and squid.
3 supply sth
ADVERB
▪ directly
▪ constantly
▪
Receptors constantly ~ information into the system.
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
The data is fed directly into a computer.
▪ through
▪
This ~s the paper through to the printer.
▪ to , with
▪
The media were being fed with accusations and lies.
Feed is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby , ↑ calf , ↑ goose , ↑ shark , ↑ tributary
Feed is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ addiction , ↑ animal , ↑ appetite , ↑ baby , ↑ cat , ↑ diet , ↑ dog , ↑ duck , ↑ ego , ↑ family , ↑ fantasy , ↑ fire , ↑ flame , ↑ food , ↑ frenzy , ↑ imagination , ↑ infant , ↑ meter , ↑ misinformation , ↑ myth , ↑ pet , ↑ pig