B1 [ T ] to give food to a person, group, or animal:

C1 [ I or T ] If a baby or animal feeds, it eats or drinks milk:

[ T ] to be enough food for a group of people or animals:

[ T ] to produce or supply enough food for someone or something:

[ T ] to give a plant substances that will help it grow:

C1 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to supply something to a person or thing, or put something into a machine or system, especially in a regular or continuous way:

[ T ] to put fuel on or inside something that burns, to keep it burning:

[ C ] UK US feeding an occasion when a baby has something to eat or drink:

[ U ] food eaten by animals that are not kept as pets:

[ C ] old-fashioned a large meal

[ C ] the part of a machine through which it is supplied with fuel or with something else that it needs:

a web page, screen, etc. that updates (= changes) often to show the latest information: