English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 70 of 373

feed dognoun

On a sewing machine, the toothed mechanism that uses a forward, down, back, and up motion against the presser foot to advance the fabric through the machine evenly.

feed intoverb

To be a tributary of another river or waterway.

feed millnoun

A mill in which animal feed is made by milling grains and mixing ingredients.

feed offverb

To consume as part of a diet.

feed one's faceverb

To eat.

feed the dragonverb

To outsource (jobs) to the People's Republic of China.

feed the trollverb

To respond to someone who posts deliberately inflammatory or disruptive statements, such as to a newsgroup or other online forum.

feed throughverb

To go through a process or location, producing a predictable result.

feed two birds with one sconeverb

Synonym of kill two birds with one stone.

feed waternoun

Alternative form of feedwater.

feed zonenoun

A designated place along the course of a bicycle race where it is permitted for the riders to receive food and energy drinks from their team support personnel.

feedableadj

Capable of being fed (given food).

feedbacknoun

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.

feedback loopnoun

A self-reinforcing or self-weakening effect.

feedbackernoun

One who provides feedback.

feedbackingverb

present participle and gerund of feedback

feedbackyadj

Characterized by the kind of sound distortion called feedback.

feedbagnoun

A horse's nosebag.

feedbinnoun

A bin for holding feed to be fed later to an animal.

feedboardnoun

A board onto which material is fed as the input to an industrial process.

feedboxnoun

A box containing animal feed.

feededverb

simple past and past participle of feed

feedeenoun

The participant in feederism who is overfed.

feedernoun

One who feeds, or gives food to another.

feeder cattlenoun

Steers or cows that are mature enough to be placed in a feedlot in preparation for slaughter.

feeder stationnoun

A facility that takes power from the national grid and feeds it to overhead electrification lines on a railway.

feederismnoun

A paraphilia in which arousal is obtained from overfeeding or overeating.

feederlinernoun

A regional airliner; a small airliner that is designed to fly up to 100 passengers on short-haul flights, usually feeding larger carriers' airline hubs from small markets.

feedethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of feed

feedfestnoun

A session of voracious eating or feeding.

feedforwardnoun

An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system

feedgrainnoun

Any of the coarser grains such as corn, milo, and oats.

feedholenoun

A hole through or into which something is fed.

feedhornnoun

A horn antenna used to convey electromagnetic waves between the transceiver and the reflector.

feedingverb

present participle and gerund of feed

feeding frenzynoun

A wild, turbulent situation in which multiple sharks or other predatory fish attack one or more edible creatures simultaneously, in competition with each other.

feeding stuffnoun

Alternative form of feedingstuff.

feedingstuffnoun

Any foodstuff used to feed livestock.

feedismnoun

Synonym of feederism (“paraphilia involving overfeeding or overeating”).

feedlinenoun

Physical cabling that carries the radio signal to and from the aerial.

feedlotnoun

Land on which livestock are fattened for market.

feedmannoun

A dealer in animal feed.

feedpipenoun

A pipe that feeds material into or through a system.

feedpointnoun

The location on an antenna where radio frequency electrical power is applied.

feedreadernoun

A software program that gathers content from newsfeeds.

feedroomnoun

A room within a barn where feed is kept, blended, and readied for distribution to the livestock.

feedsacknoun

A sack (bag) for feed, usually of cotton or polymer cloth or of heavy paper.

feedstocknoun

Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.

feedstorenoun

A store selling feed for animals.

feedstreamnoun

A fluid feedstock.

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