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4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster,
strengthen, develop, and guard.

Thou shalt feed my people Israel.

Mightiest powers by deepest calms are
fed.

5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by
feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn,
feed it with sheep.

Once in three years feed your mowing
lands.

6. To give for food, especially to animals;
to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the
cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.

7. (Mach.) (a) To
supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to
feed paper to a printing press. (b)
To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and
metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool,
or the tool to the work).

Feed, v. i. 1. To
take food; to eat.


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