food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue

blood meal - the dried and powdered blood of animals

corn gluten feed - a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten

cattle cake - a concentrated feed for cattle; processed in the form of blocks or cakes

creep feed - feed given to young animals isolated in a creep

fodder - coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

feed grain - grain grown for cattle feed

eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture, grass - animal food for browsing or grazing

ensilage, silage - fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

oil cake - mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock

pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

mash - mixture of ground animal feeds

cud, rechewed food - food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again

bird food, birdseed - seeds for birds

pet food, pet-food, petfood - food prepared for animal pets

mast - nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

fish meal - ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock

cater, ply, provide, supply - provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

dine - give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my friends"

scavenge - feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"

fodder - give fodder (to domesticated animals)

swill, slop - feed pigs

regurgitate - feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgiating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"

corn - feed (cattle) with corn

malnourish, undernourish - provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished"

overfeed - feed excessively

spoonfeed - feed with a spoon

force-feed - feed someone who will not or cannot eat

cater, ply, provide, supply - provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

lunch - provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"

breakfast - provide breakfast for

bottle-feed, breastfeed, give suck, lactate, wet-nurse, suckle, nurse, suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

bottlefeed - feed (infants) with a bottle

inject - feed intravenously

aliment, nutrify, nourish - give nourishment to

range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie"

pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

furnish, provide, supply, render - provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"

encourage, promote, further, boost, advance - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

forage - wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"

raven - feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"

suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"

graze, pasture, browse, crop, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"

cater, ply, provide, supply - provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

flush - flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"

jet, gush - issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"

move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

tide, surge - rise or move foward; "surging waves"

circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"

eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids

waste, run off - run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"

run down - move downward; "The water ran down"

pour - flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"

spill, run out - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

well out, stream - flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"

dribble, trickle, filter - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"

drain, run out - flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"

ooze, seep - pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

gutter - flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"

exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"

regale, treat - provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"

farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"

nitrify - treat (soil) with nitrates

dung - fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"

topdress - scatter manure or fertilizer over (land)