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Circulation Map of "Feed" Note: Focuses mainly on term usage across spaces, but loosely includes time.

Older Uses

Contemporary Uses

Feed v., n. & adj.

Field Speak All from "Feed" on thefreedictionary.com

"Feedback--the sound that instruments and audio equipment can make"

"(Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre informal a performer, esp a straight man, who provides cues"

"(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a mechanism that supplies material or fuel or controls the rate of advance of a cutting tool"

"(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the rate of advance of a cutting tool in a lathe, drill, etc."

"(Team Sports / Rugby) Sport to pass a ball to (a team-mate)"

"(Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre informal to cue (an actor, esp a comedian) with lines or actions"

"(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to use (land) as grazing"

"(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (also intr) to supply (a machine, furnace, etc.) with (the necessary materials or fuel) for its operation, or (of such materials) to flow or move forwards into a machine, etc."

Media Located by Wikipedia's Disambiguation Feed page

Feeder, a Welch rock ban

Feed Magazine

Feed (Anderson novel)

Feed (Grant novel)

"The Feed", a segment from Attack of the Show

Computing

Feed: "A term used to describe a syndicated article/item on the web via RSS, XML, or ATOM technologies" (Urban Dictionary).

to feed

As in giving paper to a printer

feed aggregators

"In computing, a news aggregator, also termed a feed aggregator, feed reader, news reader, RSS reader or simply aggregator, is client software or a web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and video blogs (vlogs) in one location for easy viewing" ("News aggregator").

web feed

"A web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content" ("Web feed").

data feed

"Data feed is a mechanism for users to receive updated data from data sources" ("Data feed").

Colloquialisms

Spoonfeeding

Giving someone something piecemeal or simply holding their hand

Feed the kitty.

To donate or give to a cause

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

An approach to warding off specific kinds of illnesses

Don't feed the trolls.

Don't give intentionally mean or antogonistic people more attention

Feed: A nickname for an oral sex act (Urban Dictionary).

"Feed: 1) A drug-dealer's main source for drugs 2) Supplier" (Urban Dictionary).

"Feed: To lie. To tell somone things that aren't true. To say something untrue. To say something that is not true in a conscious effort to deceive somebody" (Urban Dictionary).

"Feed: Random drunk text message achieved when a phone, equiped with predictive typing, has the number 3 key pushed 4 times in succession" (Urban Dictionary).

"Feed: To not only be of no help to one's team, but to actually HELP the oposing team; In DOTA, dying gives the opposing team both Experience and Gold for your death, this is known as a feed" (Urban Dictionary).

Feeding the flame

Adding to something, causing it to have a greater degree

Consumption

force feeding

over-feeding

breast-feeding

feeder

an apparatus that aids in consumption. Ex., a bird feeder

animal feed

Forage

Fodder

compound feed

"Compound feeds are feedstuffs that are blended from various raw materials and additives" ("Compound feed").

Feed (n)

the meal or the thing that you eat

Feed (adj)

"Bound to feudal service" (OED).

Feed (v)

To eat something