Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [feed]
- /fid/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [feed]
- /fid/
Definitions of feedable word
- verb with object feedable to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child. 1
- verb with object feedable to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed 10 generations. 1
- verb with object feedable to provide as food. 1
- verb with object feedable to furnish for consumption. 1
- verb with object feedable to satisfy; minister to; gratify: Poetry feeds the imagination. 1
- verb with object feedable to supply for maintenance or operation, as to a machine: to feed paper into a photocopier. 1
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Origin of feedable
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English feden, Old English fēdan; cognate with Gothic fodjan, Old Saxon fōdian. See food
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Parts of speech for Feedable
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
feedable popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
feedable usage trend in Literature
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