fed (A1)
verb
Pronunciation: /fɛd/
Definition
Past tense and past participle of feed: to give food to a person or animal.
Examples
She fed the baby some cereal.
The horses were fed at dawn.
He had fed the cat before he left for work.
How to Use fed
- feed on (prepositional phrase)
- To eat a particular type of food. — "Pandas feed on bamboo."
- feed up (phrasal verb)
- To give a lot of food to someone or something, often to help them gain weight or recover. — "They fed the sick animal up before releasing it."
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