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Webster 1913 Edition
Feeder
Feed′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
A couple of friends, his chaplain and
feeder
. Goldsmith.
2.
One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.
“The feeder of my riots.” Shak.
3.
One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
With eager feeding, food doth choke the
feeder
. Shakespeare
4.
One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
5.
A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically
(Hydraulic Engin.)
, a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow. 7.
(Mining)
(a)
A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.
Ure.
(b)
A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.
Raymond.
8.
(Mach.)
An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
9.
(Steam Engine)
A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Feeder
FEE'DER
, n.1.
One that gives food, or supplies nourishment.2.
One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.The feeder of my riots.
3.
One that eats or subsists; as, small birds are feeders on grain or seeds.4.
One that fattens cattle for slaughter.5.
A fountain, stream or channel that supplies a main canal with water.Feeder of a vein, in mining, a short cross vein.
Definition 2024
feeder
feeder
English
Noun
feeder (plural feeders)
- One who, or that which, feeds.
- 2007, Thomas E. Lightburn, The Shield and the Shark (page 173)
- When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.
- 2007, Thomas E. Lightburn, The Shield and the Shark (page 173)
- That which is used to feed.
- a bird feeder
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, 285:
- The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.
- 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, 285:
- A branch line of a railway
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
- (baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher.
- (video games, derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- Stop feeding! You feeder.
- The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
- 2010, Niall Richardson, Transgressive Bodies
- Often similes such as 'soft as velvet' or 'fluffy like a cloud' will be employed and the feeder will describe how he feels he can be lost in the enveloping folds of soft flesh.
- 2010, Niall Richardson, Transgressive Bodies
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
that which is used to feed
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railway branch line
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transmission line
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baseball:pitcher — see pitcher
Anagrams
Manx
Etymology
fee + -der (compare Scottish Gaelic figheadair)
Noun
feeder m (genitive singular feeder, plural feederyn)
Synonyms
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feeder | eeder | veeder |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||