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feed / dar de comer a
feed
fed verb: past tense past participle
A. -transitive verb
1. (literally)
1.1. (=give meal to)
[+person, animal] dar de comer a
[+baby]
(=bottle-feed) dar el biberónoun a
(=breastfeed) dar de mamar a, dar el pecho a
[+plant] alimentar
·they fed us well at the hotel
·nos dieron de comer bien en el hotel
·have you fed the horses?
·¿has dado de comer a los caballos?
·(please) do not feed the animals
·prohibido dar de comer a los animales
·you've made enough food to feed an army
·has hecho comida para un regimiento
·he has just started feeding himself
·acaba de empezar a comer solo
1.2. (=provide food for) dar de comer (a), alimentar
·now there was another mouth to feed
·ahora había que dar de comer a una boca masculineánoun, ahora había una boca masculineánoun que alimentar
·feeding a family can be expensive
·dar de comer a or alimentar a una familia puede resultar caro
·it is enough to feed the population for several months
·es suficiente para alimentar a la poblaciónoun durante varios meses
1.3. ·to feed somebody something
·feed something to somebody
·dar algo (de comer) a somebody, someone
·you shouldn't feed him that
·no deberías darle eso
·he fed her ice cream with a spoon
·he fed ice cream to her with a spoon
·le dio helado con una cuchara
·he was feeding bread to the ducks
·les estaba echando pan a los patos
·what do you feed your dog [on]?
·¿qué le das (de comer) a tu perro?
·they have been fed a diet of cartoons and computer games
·los han tenido a base de dibujos animados y juegos de ordenador
2. (=supply) suministrar
·gas fed through pipelines
·gas suministrado a travénoun de tuberías
·the blood vessels that feed blood to the brain
·los vasos sanguíneos que suministran sangre al cerebro
·two rivers feed this reservoir
·dos ríos vierten sus aguas en este embalse
·he stole money to feed his drug [habit]
·robaba dinero para costear su drogadicciónoun
·to feed the (parking) [meter]
·echar or meter monedas en el parquímetro
3. (=tell)
·to feed somebody something
·feed something to somebody: they fed us details of troop movements in the area
·nos facilitaron detalles de movimientos de tropas en la zona
·he was being fed false information
·le estaban pasando informaciónoun falsa
·he was surrounded by people who fed him lies
·estaba rodeado de gente que le llenaba la cabeza de mentiras
a. to feed somebody a line * contar or soltar una bola a somebody, someone *
4. (=insert)
·to feed something [into] something
·meter or introducir algo en algo
·I fed a sheet of paper into the typewriter
·metí or puse una hoja de papel en la masculineáquina de escribir
·to feed data into a computer
·meter or introducir datos en un ordenador
5. (=fuel)
[+fire, emotion, feeling] alimentar
[+imagination] estimular
·these rumours fed his fears
·estos rumores alimentaron sus miedos
·to feed the [flames]
(literally, figurative) echar leña al fuego
6. (Sport)
[+ball] pasar
B. -intransitive verb
1. (=take food) (generally) comer (at breast) mamar
·to feed [on] something
(literally) alimentarse de algo, comer algo (figurative) alimentarse de algo
·the press feeds on intrigue
·la prensa se alimenta de las intrigas
2. (=lead)
·a river that feeds into the Baltic Sea
·un río que desemboca en el mar Báltico
·this road feeds into the motorway
·esta carretera va a parar a la autopista
·the money spent by consumers feeds back into industry
·el dinero que gastan los consumidores revierte en la industria
C. -noun
1. (=food) (for animal) forraje (m), pienso (m)
·the six o'clock feed
(for baby)
(=breast or bottle feed) la toma de las seis
(=baby food) la papilla de las seis
(=ordinary food) la comida de las seis
·it'noun time for his feed
·le toca comer
·to be [off] one'noun feed
·no tener apetito, estar desganado
2. *
(=meal)
·a good feed
·una buena comida
3. (technical, computing) alimentador (m)
(=tube) tubo (m) de alimentaciónoun
4. (theatre) *
(=straight man) personaje serio en una pareja cómica
(=line) material (m) de un sketch cómico
D. -compound
·feed bag -noun morral (m)
·feed merchant -noun vendedor (m) / vendedoa (f)
·feed pipe -noun tubo (m) de alimentaciónoun
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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