| biofeedback | (noun) a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them | - |
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| birdfeeder | (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, feeder |
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| bottlefeed | (verb) feed (infants) with a bottle | - |
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| breastfeed | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| chickenfeed | (noun) a trifling sum of money | Synonyms: chump change, small change |
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| feed | (noun) food for domestic livestock | Synonyms: provender |
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| (verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize |
| (verb) introduce continuously | Synonyms: feed in |
| (verb) take in food; used of animals only | Synonyms: eat |
| (verb) give food to | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) serve as food for; be the food for | - |
| (verb) feed into; supply | - |
| (verb) provide as food | - |
| (verb) gratify | Synonyms: feast |
| (verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner | Synonyms: prey |
| (verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: course, flow, run |
| (verb) support or promote | - |
| feedback | (noun) response to an inquiry or experiment | - |
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| (noun) the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output | - |
| feedbag | (noun) a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head | Synonyms: nosebag |
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| feeder | (noun) an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening | - |
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| (noun) an animal that feeds on a particular source of food | - |
| (noun) a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material | Synonyms: self-feeder |
| (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, birdfeeder |
| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, confluent, tributary |
| (noun) someone who consumes food for nourishment | Synonyms: eater |
| feeding | (noun) the act of consuming food | Synonyms: eating |
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| (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: alimentation |
| feedlot | (noun) a building where livestock are fattened for market | - |
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| feedstock | (noun) the raw material that is required for some industrial process | - |
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| overfeed | (verb) feed excessively | - |
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| overfeeding | (noun) excessive feeding | - |
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| spoonfeed | (verb) teach without challenging the students | - |
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| (verb) feed with a spoon | - |
| spoonfeeding | (noun) feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon | - |
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| (noun) teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought | - |