{
    "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."
}