| 单词 | to feed up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feed up a. To fill with food, to pamper; to fatten, make fleshy; occasionally of the food. dialect. to feed (full and) high, to feed up: to supply or obtain with rich and abundant food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb] > specific with rich or abundant food to feed up1552 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > feed up or overfeed cramc1325 pamperc1390 pampa1400 papa1400 engorge1497 pompa1529 feed1552 frank?1567 grudge1642 to feed into1843 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 frankc1440 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 adipate1623 saginate1623 batten1638 to stall to1764 tallow1765 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 force1847 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (transitive)] > fatten or pamper forwean1362 feed1552 sunketa1825 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Feade fatte in a francke or penne, altilis. Feade full, saburratus. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 79 This choice [the Steere] is altogether exempted from labour, and fed up for food. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 Feed him full and high. View more context for this quotation 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 328 Feed.., ‘I mean to feed him’; I intend to fat him. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 62 A small dog..not to be fed too high. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) He feeds five-an'-twenty steers every summer. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) Milk will feed anything quicker than water. 1913 W. Owen Let. 23 Apr. (1967) 185 Congratulations on the success of your feeding me up. 1913 W. Owen Let. 6 Nov. (1967) 207 Began to ‘feed up’ today, but the difficulty is tremendous; i.e. of getting foods. a1951 J. K. Ewers in Austral. Short Stories (1951) 335 I'll just help Larry feed up. < as lemmas |
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