feed

füttern, ernähren

Einem Menschen oder Tier etwas zu essen geben.

In einfachem Englisch: To give a person or animal food to eat.

• Please feed the cat.
• She fed the baby before leaving.
• Have you fed the birds today?

So benutzt man es: feed someone/something something (She fed the dog some chicken.); feed something to someone/something (He fed a carrot to the rabbit.)

Synonyme: nourish

Gegenteile: starve

Häufige Wendungen: feed the baby, feed the dog, feed someone something

fressen, sich ernähren

Als Tier Nahrung aufnehmen.

In einfachem Englisch: If an animal does this, it eats food.

• The cows feed in the field.
• The birds fed on seeds near the gate.
• Some insects feed only at night.

So benutzt man es: feed on something (These birds feed on small insects.)

Synonyme: eat

Häufige Wendungen: feed on grass, feed at night, birds feed

zuführen, einspeisen

Material oder Informationen in eine Maschine geben, damit sie diese verarbeitet.

In einfachem Englisch: To put material or information into a machine so it can work on it.

• Feed one sheet into the printer.
• She fed the documents through the scanner.
• The program feeds new data into the system every hour.

So benutzt man es: feed something into something (Feed the paper into the printer.); feed something through something (Feed each sheet through the scanner.)

Synonyme: input

Häufige Wendungen: feed paper in, feed something into, feed a machine

versorgen, speisen

Etwas fortlaufend mit dem versorgen, was es braucht, etwa Wasser, Strom oder Informationen.

In einfachem Englisch: To keep supplying something with what it needs, such as water, power, or information.

• Several streams feed the lake.
• The cable feeds power to the building.
• Local reporters fed information to the newsroom.

So benutzt man es: feed something with something (The spring feeds the pond with fresh water.); feed something to something (The wires feed electricity to the lights.)

Synonyme: supply, provide

Häufige Wendungen: feed a river, feed the system, feed something with

beweiden

Nutztiere die Pflanzen auf einer Fläche fressen lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: To let farm animals eat the plants growing on a piece of land.

• They fed the pasture with cattle.
• The farmer fed the young crop with sheep.
• These fields were once fed with village livestock.

So benutzt man es: feed something with something (The farmer fed the field with sheep.)

Synonyme: graze

Häufige Wendungen: feed a field, feed with sheep, feed the pasture

Futter

Nahrung für Nutztiere, Haustiere oder Vögel.

In einfachem Englisch: Food given to farm animals, pets, or birds.

• We need more chicken feed.
• The farmer bought three bags of cattle feed.
• Keep the feed dry so it stays fresh.

Synonyme: fodder

Häufige Wendungen: animal feed, cattle feed, chicken feed

Feed, Übertragung

Ein fortlaufender Strom von Informationen, Bildern, Ton oder Material aus einer Quelle.

In einfachem Englisch: A continuous supply of information, pictures, sound, or material from a source.

• We watched a live video feed.
• The satellite feed stopped during the storm.
• She checks several news feeds each morning.

So benutzt man es: feed from something (We watched a live feed from the camera.); feed of something (The website provides a feed of local news.)

Synonyme: stream

Häufige Wendungen: live feed, video feed, satellite feed

Zuführung, Einzug

Der Teil einer Maschine, der Material zur Verarbeitung hineinbefördert.

In einfachem Englisch: The part of a machine that moves material into it for processing.

• The paper feed is broken.
• Dust had blocked the printer’s feed.
• This machine has an automatic feed for metal sheets.

Synonyme: feeder

Häufige Wendungen: paper feed, automatic feed, feed mechanism