What is the meaning of feed?

noun

• Food for domestic livestock.
  • synonyms: provender

verb

• Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on.
  • usage: "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"
  • synonyms: tip, fee, bung
• Provide as food.
  • usage: "Feed the guests the nuts"
• Give food to.
  • usage: "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
  • synonyms: give
• Feed into; supply.
  • usage: "Her success feeds her vanity"
• Introduce continuously.
  • usage: "feed carrots into a food processor"
  • synonyms: feed in
• Support or promote.
  • usage: "His admiration fed her vanity"
• Take in food; used of animals only.
  • usage: "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat"
  • synonyms: eat
• Serve as food for; be the food for.
  • usage: "This dish feeds six"
• Move along, of liquids.
  • usage: "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • synonyms: run, flow, course
• Profit from in an exploitatory manner.
  • usage: "He feeds on her insecurity"
  • synonyms: prey
• Gratify.
  • usage: "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
  • synonyms: feast
• Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to.
  • usage: "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
  • synonyms: fertilize, fertilise