| 单词 | feed down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feed down a. To cause to be eaten by cattle; to use (land) as pasture. Often with adjective complement or adverb, as to feed bare, to feed close, to feed down, to feed off. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > management of pasture > use as pasture [verb (transitive)] pasture1434 agista1450 graze1603 impasture1649 feeda1652 summer eat1727 stock1794 a1652 R. Weston in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 242 You may then feed the ground with Cattel, all the Winter as you do other ground. a1652 R. Weston in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 243 As it springs again, feed it with Cattel. 1655 S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 139 It is very easie, by mowing or feeding it [sc. corn] down with Cattel, to prevent it. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 23 As soon as you have fed it bare, then is it best to over-flow. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 28 The best Husbandry is to graze it, or feed it [grass] in Racks. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 29 Take care to feed it [the grass] close before the Winter. 1807 R. Parkinson Experienced Farmer I. 409 If he cannot feed it [sc. Buck-wheat] off with some cattle. 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 ii. 430 The crop being well grown, it only remains to feed it well off. to feed down c. transferred. (Cf. 7) To supply continuously (material to be consumed or operated upon). Also, to feed down: to bring (a tool) down, gradually as required. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > continuously feed1860 1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 82 Gold is fed into a vessel containing aqua regia. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Drill-press The tool B rotates and is fed down by hand or automatically. 1869 Eng. Mech. 19 Mar. 574/1 The wood is fed to the saw by means of a..roller. 1883 H. Tuttle in Harper's Mag. Nov. 824/2 The wet sand..is fed into the opening. 1884 Knight's New Amer. Mech. Dict. 744/2 The string..is fed from a tin canister. 1884 W. H. Rideing in Harper's Mag. May 895/1 Long..tubes..feed them to exquisitely adjusted scales. to feed down b. to feed down: to eat off the food of. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)] eatc825 to-fret?c1225 vourc1330 dinec1380 to eat inc1450 engorge1541 tooth1579 canvass1602 get1603 eat1607 manger1609 upeat1630 dispatch1711 feed1725 yam1725 to eat off1733 repartake1751 patter1803 chop1833 smouse1840 to stow away1858 to put oneself outside ——1865 to get outside ——1876 to feed down1887 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 13/2 ‘Bunny’..feeds down the sheep. < as lemmas |
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