Feed

What “Feed” means

Verb

1. To give (someone or something) food to eat.
2. To eat (usually of animals).
3. To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
4. To give to a machine to be processed.
5. To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.

Noun

1. Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
2. Something supplied continuously.
3. The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
4. The part of a fountain pen that supplies ink to the nib.
5. The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.

From Middle English fede, fed, from the verb (see above). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse fœða (“nourishment, food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), whence also Old English fēdan (“to feed”).

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Industries where “Feed” fits

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• Social Media Agency
• Advertising Agencies