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∎ she insisted on feeding us elle a tenu à nous faire manger;∎ there are ten mouths to feed il y a dix bouches à nourrir;∎ humorous there's enough here to feed an army il y a de quoi nourrir toute une armée;∎ the country is no longer able to feed itself le pays n'est plus capable de subvenir à ses besoins alimentaires;∎ he earns just enough money to feed himself il gagne juste de quoi se nourrir;∎ they were well fed at the restaurant ils ont bien mangé au restaurant(b) (give food to → person, animal) donner à manger à; (→ of bird) donner la becquée à; (→ livestock) affourager; (breast-feed) allaiter; (bottle-feed) donner le biberon à; (fertilize → plant, soil, lawn etc) nourrir;∎ to feed sth to sb, to feed sb sth donner qch à manger à qn;∎ to feed the birds donner à manger aux oiseaux, nourrir les oiseaux;∎ familiar to feed one's face s'en mettre plein la lampe, se goinfrer;∎ she's so ill she isn't even able to feed herself elle est si malade qu'elle n'est pas capable de se nourrir ou de manger toute seule;∎ he can feed himself already il arrive déjà à manger tout seul;∎ please do not feed the animals (sign) prière de ne pas donner à manger aux animaux;∎ how much do you feed your cats? quelle quantité de nourriture donnez-vous à vos chats?;∎ the chimps are fed a diet of nuts and bananas on donne des noix et des bananes à manger aux chimpanzés;∎ they were fed to the lions ils ont été jetés en pâture aux lions(c) figurative (supply → fire, furnace) alimenter; (→ lake, river) se jeter dans; (→ imagination, hope, rumour) alimenter, nourrir;∎ to feed a parking meter mettre des pièces dans un parcmètre∎ the results are fed to the departments concerned les résultats sont transmis aux services concernés;∎ to feed information to sb, to feed sb information donner des informations à qn; (in order to mislead) donner de fausses informations à qn (afin de le tromper);∎ familiar to feed sb a line faire avaler une histoire à qn(e) Technology (introduce → liquid) faire passer; (→ solid) faire avancer; (insert → paper, wire etc) introduire; Computing (→ paper) faire avancer, alimenter;∎ to feed data into a computer entrer des données dans un ordinateur∎ she keeps feeding her backhand elle n'arrête pas de lui envoyer des balles qu'elle renvoie de son revers;∎ to feed the forwards alimenter les avants(person, animal) manger; (baby → gen) manger; (→ breast-feed) téter;∎ to feed on demand (nursing mother) donner la tétée chaque fois que le bébé le réclame ou à la demande;∎ to put the cattle out to feed mettre le bétail en ou au pâturage3 noun∎ the baby gets its last feed at midnight le bébé boit sa dernière tétée ou son dernier biberon à minuit;∎ familiar the baby's off his feed le bébé boude son biberon∎ the dog gets two feeds a day le chien a à manger deux fois par jour∎ that was the best feed I've ever had! je n'ai jamais aussi bien bouffé!(e) Technology (introduction → of liquid) alimentation f; (→ of solid) avancement m; (device) dispositif m d'alimentation/d'avancement;∎ petrol feed alimentation f en essence(f) familiar (actor) acteur(trice) m,f qui donne la réplique□ ; (comedian's partner) faire-valoir□ m; (cue) réplique□ f►► feed belt (of machine gun) bande-chargeur f (souple);Technology feed hopper trémie f;feed line (of comedian) réplique f;Technology feed pipe tuyau m d'alimentation;Technology feed pump pompe f d'alimentation(information, results) renvoyerse nourrir de; figurative se repaître de∎ he needs feeding up (person) il a besoin d'engraisser un peu -
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meter ['mi:tə(r)]1 noun(a) (for water, gas, electricity) compteur m;∎ to read the meter relever le compteur;∎ to feed the meter mettre des pièces dans le compteur(b) (parking) meter parcmètre m, parcomètre m;∎ (taxi) meter taximètre m, compteur m;∎ familiar I'm on a meter je suis garé à un parcmètre□(a) (electricity, water, gas) mesurer à l'aide d'un compteur►► American familiar meter maid contractuelle□ f, pervenche f, French Canadian préposée f au stationnement
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feed — feed1 [ fid ] (past tense and past participle fed [ fed ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 give food to ▸ 2 give supply of something ▸ 3 push something into machine ▸ 4 make a feeling stronger ▸ 5 satisfy a need ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to give food to a person … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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meter — 1. noun /ˈmiːtə(ɻ)/ a) (always meter) A device that measures things. b) A parking meter. See Also: altimeter, centimeter, feed the meter, kilometer, metric, metrical, millimeter, odometer … Wiktionary
feed the meter — verb To put coins into a parking meter … Wiktionary
meter — noun 1 device for measuring gas, electricity, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ electric (esp. AmE), electricity (esp. BrE), gas, light, moisture, parking, power, pressure level, sound level … Collocations dictionary
feed the meter — illegally to extend a period of parking To prevent hogging parking space, you should move on after the parking period for which you have paid has expired … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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