feed

nutrire, dare da mangiare

Dare cibo a una persona o a un animale.

In inglese semplice: To give a person or animal food to eat.

• Please feed the cat.
• She fed the baby before leaving.
• Have you fed the birds today?

Come si usa: feed someone/something something (She fed the dog some chicken.); feed something to someone/something (He fed a carrot to the rabbit.)

Sinonimi: nourish

Contrari: starve

Espressioni comuni: feed the baby, feed the dog, feed someone something

nutrirsi, mangiare

Detto di un animale, mangiare del cibo.

In inglese semplice: If an animal does this, it eats food.

• The cows feed in the field.
• The birds fed on seeds near the gate.
• Some insects feed only at night.

Come si usa: feed on something (These birds feed on small insects.)

Sinonimi: eat

Espressioni comuni: feed on grass, feed at night, birds feed

inserire, alimentare

Inserire materiale o informazioni in una macchina perché li elabori.

In inglese semplice: To put material or information into a machine so it can work on it.

• Feed one sheet into the printer.
• She fed the documents through the scanner.
• The program feeds new data into the system every hour.

Come si usa: feed something into something (Feed the paper into the printer.); feed something through something (Feed each sheet through the scanner.)

Sinonimi: input

Espressioni comuni: feed paper in, feed something into, feed a machine

alimentare, rifornire

Fornire continuamente ciò di cui qualcosa ha bisogno, come acqua, energia o informazioni.

In inglese semplice: To keep supplying something with what it needs, such as water, power, or information.

• Several streams feed the lake.
• The cable feeds power to the building.
• Local reporters fed information to the newsroom.

Come si usa: feed something with something (The spring feeds the pond with fresh water.); feed something to something (The wires feed electricity to the lights.)

Sinonimi: supply, provide

Espressioni comuni: feed a river, feed the system, feed something with

far pascolare

Lasciare che gli animali da allevamento mangino le piante che crescono su un terreno.

In inglese semplice: To let farm animals eat the plants growing on a piece of land.

• They fed the pasture with cattle.
• The farmer fed the young crop with sheep.
• These fields were once fed with village livestock.

Come si usa: feed something with something (The farmer fed the field with sheep.)

Sinonimi: graze

Espressioni comuni: feed a field, feed with sheep, feed the pasture

mangime, foraggio

Cibo dato ad animali da allevamento, animali domestici o uccelli.

In inglese semplice: Food given to farm animals, pets, or birds.

• We need more chicken feed.
• The farmer bought three bags of cattle feed.
• Keep the feed dry so it stays fresh.

Sinonimi: fodder

Espressioni comuni: animal feed, cattle feed, chicken feed

flusso, trasmissione

Fornitura continua di informazioni, immagini, suoni o materiale provenienti da una fonte.

In inglese semplice: A continuous supply of information, pictures, sound, or material from a source.

• We watched a live video feed.
• The satellite feed stopped during the storm.
• She checks several news feeds each morning.

Come si usa: feed from something (We watched a live feed from the camera.); feed of something (The website provides a feed of local news.)

Sinonimi: stream

Espressioni comuni: live feed, video feed, satellite feed

alimentatore

Parte di una macchina che porta al suo interno il materiale da lavorare.

In inglese semplice: The part of a machine that moves material into it for processing.

• The paper feed is broken.
• Dust had blocked the printer’s feed.
• This machine has an automatic feed for metal sheets.

Sinonimi: feeder

Espressioni comuni: paper feed, automatic feed, feed mechanism