feed

feed
feed [{{t}}fi:d] (pt & pp fed [{{t}}fed])
1 transitive verb
(a) (provide food for → person, family) nourrir; (→ country) approvisionner; (→ army) ravitailler;
she insisted on feeding us elle a tenu à nous faire manger;
there are ten mouths to feed il y a dix bouches à nourrir;
{{}}humorous{{}} there's enough here to feed an army il y a de quoi nourrir toute une armée;
the country is no longer able to feed itself le pays n'est plus capable de subvenir à ses besoins alimentaires;
he earns just enough money to feed himself il gagne juste de quoi se nourrir;
they were well fed at the restaurant ils ont bien mangé au restaurant
(b) (give food to → person, animal) donner à manger à; (→ of bird) donner la becquée à; (→ livestock) affourager; (breast-feed) allaiter; (bottle-feed) donner le biberon à; (fertilize → plant, soil, lawn etc) nourrir;
to feed sth to sb, to feed sb sth donner qch à manger à qn;
to feed the birds donner à manger aux oiseaux, nourrir les oiseaux;
{{}}familiar{{}} to feed one's face s'en mettre plein la lampe, se goinfrer;
she's so ill she isn't even able to feed herself elle est si malade qu'elle n'est pas capable de se nourrir ou de manger toute seule;
he can feed himself already il arrive déjà à manger tout seul;
please do not feed the animals (sign) prière de ne pas donner à manger aux animaux;
how much do you feed your cats? quelle quantité de nourriture donnez-vous à vos chats?;
the chimps are fed a diet of nuts and bananas on donne des noix et des bananes à manger aux chimpanzés;
they were fed to the lions ils ont été jetés en pâture aux lions
(c) {{}}figurative{{}} (supply → fire, furnace) alimenter; (→ lake, river) se jeter dans; (→ imagination, hope, rumour) alimenter, nourrir;
to feed a parking meter mettre des pièces dans un parcmètre
(d) (transmit)
the results are fed to the departments concerned les résultats sont transmis aux services concernés;
to feed information to sb, to feed sb information donner des informations à qn; (in order to mislead) donner de fausses informations à qn (afin de le tromper);
{{}}familiar{{}} to feed sb a line faire avaler une histoire à qn
(e) {{}}Technology{{}} (introduce → liquid) faire passer; (→ solid) faire avancer; (insert → paper, wire etc) introduire; {{}}Computing{{}} (→ paper) faire avancer, alimenter;
to feed data into a computer entrer des données dans un ordinateur
(f) {{}}Theatre{{}} (give cue to) donner la réplique à
(g) {{}}Sport{{}} (pass) passer la balle à, servir;
she keeps feeding her backhand elle n'arrête pas de lui envoyer des balles qu'elle renvoie de son revers;
to feed the forwards alimenter les avants
2 intransitive verb
(person, animal) manger; (baby → gen) manger; (→ breast-feed) téter;
to feed on demand (nursing mother) donner la tétée chaque fois que le bébé le réclame ou à la demande;
to put the cattle out to feed mettre le bétail en ou au pâturage
3 noun
(a) (foodstuff for animal) nourriture f; (hay, oats etc) fourrage m
(b) (meal for baby → breast milk) tétée f; (→ bottled milk) biberon m;
the baby gets its last feed at midnight le bébé boit sa dernière tétée ou son dernier biberon à minuit;
{{}}familiar{{}} the baby's off his feed le bébé boude son biberon
(c) (meal for animal)
the dog gets two feeds a day le chien a à manger deux fois par jour
(d) {{}}familiar{{}} (meal) repas m;
that was the best feed I've ever had! je n'ai jamais aussi bien bouffé!
(e) {{}}Technology{{}} (introduction → of liquid) alimentation f; (→ of solid) avancement m; (device) dispositif m d'alimentation/d'avancement;
petrol feed alimentation f en essence
(f) {{}}familiar{{}} (actor) acteur(trice) m,f qui donne la réplique ; (comedian's partner) faire-valoir m; (cue) réplique f
►► feed belt (of machine gun) bande-chargeur f (souple);
{{}}Technology{{}} feed hopper trémie f;
feed line (of comedian) réplique f;
{{}}Technology{{}} feed pipe tuyau m d'alimentation;
{{}}Technology{{}} feed pump pompe f d'alimentation
feed back separable transitive verb
(information, results) renvoyer
feed in separable transitive verb
(paper, wire) introduire; {{}}Computing{{}} (data) entrer
feed on inseparable transitive verb
se nourrir de; {{}}figurative{{}} se repaître de
feed up separable transitive verb
(animal) engraisser; (goose) gaver;
he needs feeding up (person) il a besoin d'engraisser un peu

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