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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]. -
2 feed
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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