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off one's feed

feed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [feed]
    • /ɔf, ɒf wʌnz fid/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [feed]
    • /ɔf, ɒf wʌnz fid/

Definitions of off one's feed words

  • verb with object off one's feed to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child. 1
  • verb with object off one's feed to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed 10 generations. 1
  • verb with object off one's feed to provide as food. 1
  • verb with object off one's feed to furnish for consumption. 1
  • verb with object off one's feed to satisfy; minister to; gratify: Poetry feeds the imagination. 1
  • verb with object off one's feed to supply for maintenance or operation, as to a machine: to feed paper into a photocopier. 1

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Origin of off one's feed

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 Off one's feed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

off one's feed 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".

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