feed

nourrir, donner à manger

Donner de la nourriture à une personne ou à un animal.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : feed someone/something something (She fed the dog some chicken.); feed something to someone/something (He fed a carrot to the rabbit.)

Synonymes : nourish

Contraires : starve

Expressions courantes : feed the baby, feed the dog, feed someone something

se nourrir, manger

Pour un animal, manger de la nourriture.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : feed on something (These birds feed on small insects.)

Synonymes : eat

Expressions courantes : feed on grass, feed at night, birds feed

introduire, alimenter

Introduire des matériaux ou des informations dans une machine pour qu’elle les traite.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : feed something into something (Feed the paper into the printer.); feed something through something (Feed each sheet through the scanner.)

Synonymes : input

Expressions courantes : feed paper in, feed something into, feed a machine

alimenter, approvisionner

Fournir régulièrement à quelque chose ce dont il a besoin, comme de l’eau, de l’énergie ou des informations.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : feed something with something (The spring feeds the pond with fresh water.); feed something to something (The wires feed electricity to the lights.)

Synonymes : supply, provide

Expressions courantes : feed a river, feed the system, feed something with

faire pâturer

Laisser les animaux d’élevage manger les plantes qui poussent sur un terrain.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : feed something with something (The farmer fed the field with sheep.)

Synonymes : graze

Expressions courantes : feed a field, feed with sheep, feed the pasture

nourriture, fourrage

Nourriture donnée aux animaux d’élevage, aux animaux de compagnie ou aux oiseaux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : fodder

Expressions courantes : animal feed, cattle feed, chicken feed

flux, transmission

Arrivée continue d’informations, d’images, de sons ou de matériaux depuis une source.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : feed from something (We watched a live feed from the camera.); feed of something (The website provides a feed of local news.)

Synonymes : stream

Expressions courantes : live feed, video feed, satellite feed

mécanisme d’alimentation

Partie d’une machine qui y fait entrer les matériaux à traiter.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : feeder

Expressions courantes : paper feed, automatic feed, feed mechanism