feed
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How feed fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
D E F
Two-Letter Start
FE
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ED
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- FE start
- ED ending
- repeated letters
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- feed is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, e, f plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
"They sell feed, riding helmets, and everything else for horses."
noun
Something supplied continuously.
"a satellite feed"
noun
The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
"the paper feed of a printer"
noun
The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
noun
A meal.
noun
A gathering to eat, especially in quantity.
"They held a crab feed on the beach."
noun
Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
"I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites."
verb
(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
"Feed the dog every evening."
verb
To eat (usually of animals).
"Spiders feed on gnats and flies."
verb
To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
"Feed the fish to the dolphins."
verb
To give to a machine to be processed.
"Feed the paper gently into the document shredder."
verb
To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
verb
To supply with something.
"Springs feed ponds with water."
verb
To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
"If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep."
verb
To pass to.
verb
(of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule.
"Nasalization feeds raising."
verb
(of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule.
verb
To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
Related Words
Synonyms
- nourish