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| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | fodder, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, provender, provisions, straw, vittles, animal food, barley, corn, pasturage, silage |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
| Synonyms: | banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out*, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, wine and dine*, victual |
| Antonyms: | starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | browse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look around; look through |
| Synonyms: | dip into*, feed, graze, nibble*, peruse, read, run through, scan, skim, survey, check over, examine cursorily, flip through, get the cream, give the once over, glance at, hit the high spots, inspect loosely, leaf through, once over lightly, pass an eye over, read here and there, riff through, riffle through, skip through, thumb through wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow or make bigger; nourish |
| Synonyms: | augment, bloat, broaden, build up, cram, distend, expand, feed, fill, increase, plump, spread, stuff, swell, thicken, thrive, wax, coarsen, gain weight, overfeed, put flesh on, put on weight, round out |
| Antonyms: | thin, undernourish |
| Main Entry: | fertilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready to bear, produce |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, compost, cover, dress, enrich, feed, fructify, generate, germinate, impregnate, inseminate, manure, mulch, pollinate, procreate, propagate, treat, fecundate, lime, make fruitful, make pregnant, top-dress |
| Main Entry: | food |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edible material |
| Synonyms: | bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow*, comestible, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats*, entrée, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, grit*, groceries*, grub*, handout*, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop*, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, tuck, vittles*, aliment, cookery, foodstuff, goodies, home cooking, moveable feast, take out, viand, victual |
| Antonyms: | beverage, drink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fuel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give energy to |
| Synonyms: | charge, fan, feed, fill 'er up, fill up, fire, gas, gas up, incite, inflame, nourish, service, stoke up, supply, sustain, tank up |
| Antonyms: | de-energize, deplete, discourage, unfuel |
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat voraciously |
| Synonyms: | bolt*, cloy, cram, devour, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, jam, overeat, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf*, blimp out, congest, eat like a horse, hoover, jade, make a pig of, overindulge |
| Notes: | a canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls formed by running water; a gorge is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides formed by running water; a ravine is a deep narrow steep-sided valley formed by running water |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hand over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back; release |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, find, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive, yield, fork out*, fork up, give up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food, often taken by several individuals |
| Synonyms: | board, breakfast, chow*, collation, cookout, dessert, dinner, eats*, fare, feast, feed, grub*, lunch, mess, picnic, refreshment, repast, snack, special*, spread, square meal*, table, tea, blue plate, brunch, carryout, chow time, din-din, luncheon, munchies, potluck, refection, regalement, supper, together banquet |
| Antonyms: | snack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nourishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food |
| Synonyms: | diet, feed, maintenance, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, support, sustenance, viands, victuals, vittles*, aliment, foodstuff, home cooking, pap |
| Antonyms: | deprivation, starvation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nurture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development, nourishment |
| Synonyms: | breeding, care, diet, discipline, education, feed, food, instruction, nutriment, provender, provisions, subsistence, sustenance, training, upbringing, viands, victuals, edibles, rearing |
| Antonyms: | deprivation, ignorance, neglect, starvation |
| Main Entry: | partake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, share |
| Synonyms: | consume, devour, divide, engage, enter into, feed, ingest, participate, receive, sample, savor, sip, take, be a party to, be in on, be into, get in the act, have a finger in, sit in, sit in on, take part, tune in |
| Antonyms: | abstain, refrain |
| Main Entry: | pig out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat a lot |
| Synonyms: | binge, devour, feed, gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, overeat, scarf, wolf*, blimp out, dive in, eat like a horse, eat to excess, gluttonize, hoover, overindulge, pork out, pork out, scarf out, shovel it in, stuff oneself, wolf down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | program |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan out; supply instructions |
| Synonyms: | arrange, bill, book, budget, calculate, compile, compute, design, draft, edit, engage, enter, estimate, feed, figure, formulate, itemize, lay out, list, poll, process, register, schedule, set, set up, slate, work out, get on line, lay on, line up, map out, pencil in, prearrange, prioritize |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | repast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meal |
| Synonyms: | banquet, chow*, eats*, fare, feast, feed, food, grub*, mess, refreshment, snack, spread, victuals, refection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | furnish, provide, give a resource |
| Synonyms: | afford, cater, come through*, come up with, contribute, deliver, dispense, drop, endow, equip, feed, fill, find, fix up, fulfill, grant, hand, hand over, heel*, kick in*, minister, outfit, produce, provision, purvey, put out, put up, replenish, satisfy, stake, stock, store, transfer, turn over, yield, cater to, come across with, give with, pony up, victual |
| Antonyms: | seize, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass possession to |
| Synonyms: | assign, bear, bring, carry, cart, cede, change, consign, convert, convey, deed, delegate, deliver, dislocate, dispatch, dispense, displace, disturb, express, feed, ferry, find, forward, give, hand, hand over, haul, lug, mail, metamorphose, move, pass the buck*, post, provide, relegate, remove, sell, send, shift, ship, shoulder, supply, translate, transmit, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over, make over, pass on, relocate, sign over, taxi, tote, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victuals |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food supplies |
| Synonyms: | bread, chow*, comestibles, eats, fare, feed, groceries*, grub, larder, meal, nourishment, provender, provisions, snack, supplies, viands, vittles, aliment, eatables, edibles, foodstuff, goodies, rations, refreshments |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wine and dine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain in style |
| Synonyms: | feast, feed, fete, mess, regale, cook for, have to dinner |
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