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feed [fi:d](verb: preterite, past participle fed)1. nouna. ( = food) nourriture fa. nourrir ; [+ child, animal] donner à manger à• what do you feed your cat on? que donnez-vous à manger à votre chat ?b. [+ fire, furnace, machine] alimenter* * *[fiːd] 1.1) ( meal) ( for animal) ration f de nourriture; ( for baby) ( breast) tétée f; ( bottle) biberon m2) Agriculture (also feed stuffs) aliments mpl pour animaux2.transitive verb (prét, pp fed)1) ( supply with food) nourrir [animal, plant, person] (on de); donner à manger à [pet]; ravitailler [army]to feed a baby — ( on breast) donner le sein à un bébé; ( on bottle) donner le biberon à un bébé
2) ( supply) alimenter [lake, machine]; mettre des pièces dans [meter]; fournir [information] (to à)to feed something into — mettre or introduire quelque chose dans
4) Sport faire passer [ball] (to à)5) Theatre donner la réplique à [comedian]3.intransitive verb (prét, pp fed)1) ( eat) mangerto feed on — lit se nourrir de; fig être alimenté par
2) ( enter)4.to feed into — [paper, tape] s'introduire dans [machine]
to feed oneself — [child, invalid] manger tout seul
Phrasal Verbs:- feed up -
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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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A n GB1 ( meal) ( for animal) ration f de nourriture ; ( for baby) ( breast) tétée f ; ( bottle) biberon m ;2 ○ ( hearty meal) bouffe ○ f ; to have a feed se faire une bouffe ○ ; to have a good feed bien bouffer ○ ;4 Ind, Tech ( material) alimentation f ; ( mechanism) mécanisme m d'alimentation ; sheet paper feed Comput chargeur m feuille à feuille ; paper feed ( for photocopier) chargeur m de papier ;1 ( supply with food) nourrir [animal, plant, family, starving people] (on de) ; donner à manger à [pet] ; ravitailler [army] ; faire la cuisine pour [guests] ; donner la becquée à [fledgling] ; to feed a baby ( on breast) donner le sein à un bébé ; ( on bottle) donner le biberon à un bébé ; I shall have ten to feed je ferai la cuisine pour dix ;2 ( give food to) to feed sth to sb, feed sb sth donner qch à manger à qn ; she was feeding bread to the ducks ou feeding the ducks bread elle donnait du pain aux canards ;3 ( supply) alimenter [lake, fire, machine] ; mettre des pièces dans [meter] ; fournir [information, secrets] (to à) ; to feed sth into mettre qch dans [meter, slot machine] ; introduire qch dans [slot, hole, pipe, machine] ; rentrer qch dans [computer] ; to feed a machine with alimenter une machine en [paper, materials] ;4 fig ( fuel) alimenter [ambition, prejudice, desire] ; to feed a drug habit se procurer de la drogue ;5 Sport faire passer [ball] (to à) ;6 Theat donner la réplique à [comedian].1 ( eat) manger ; the baby's feeding ( on milk) le bébé prend son lait ; ( on solids) le bébé mange ;■ feed back:▶ feed [sth] back, feed back [sth] retransmettre [information, results] (to à).■ feed up GB:▶ feed [sth/sb] up bien nourrir [child, invalid] ; engraisser [animal].
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