Noun

• S: (n) feeder (an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening)
• S: (n) eater, feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)
• S: (n) feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent (a branch that flows into the main stream)
• S: (n) self-feeder, feeder (a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material) "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) feed [Related to: feeder] (give food to) "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) feeder (a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material) "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
• W: (n) feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)
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• synset
• W: (v) feed [Related to: feeder] (introduce continuously) "feed carrots into a food processor"
• S: (n) bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder (an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds)
• S: (n) feeder (an animal that feeds on a particular source of food) "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"