feed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of feed

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to feed on sth
Participle: fed on sth
Gerund: feeding on sth

Cognates

See the 8 cognates of feed

Indicative

Present

Ifeed on sth
youfeed on sth
he;she;itfeeds on sth
wefeed on sth
youfeed on sth
theyfeed on sth

Perfect

Ihave fed on sth
youhave fed on sth
he;she;ithas fed on sth
wehave fed on sth
youhave fed on sth
theyhave fed on sth

Past

Ifed on sth
youfed on sth
he;she;itfed on sth
wefed on sth
youfed on sth
theyfed on sth

Pluperfect

Ihad fed on sth
youhad fed on sth
he;she;ithad fed on sth
wehad fed on sth
youhad fed on sth
theyhad fed on sth

Future

Iwill feed on sth
youwill feed on sth
he;she;itwill feed on sth
wewill feed on sth
youwill feed on sth
theywill feed on sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have fed on sth
youwill have fed on sth
he;she;itwill have fed on sth
wewill have fed on sth
youwill have fed on sth
theywill have fed on sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ifeed on sth
youfeed on sth
he;she;itfeed on sth
wefeed on sth
youfeed on sth
theyfeed on sth

Perfect

Ihave fed on sth
youhave fed on sth
he;she;ithave fed on sth
wehave fed on sth
youhave fed on sth
theyhave fed on sth

Imperfect

Ifed on sth
youfed on sth
he;she;itfed on sth
wefed on sth
youfed on sth
theyfed on sth

Pluperfect

Ihad fed on sth
youhad fed on sth
he;she;ithad fed on sth
wehad fed on sth
youhad fed on sth
theyhad fed on sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould feed on sth
youwould feed on sth
he;she;itwould feed on sth
wewould feed on sth
youwould feed on sth
theywould feed on sth

Perfect

Iwould have fed on sth
youwould have fed on sth
he;she;itwould have fed on sth
wewould have fed on sth
youwould have fed on sth
theywould have fed on sth

Imperative

youfeed on sth
weLet's feed on sth
youfeed on sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam feeding on sth
youare feeding on sth
he;she;itis feeding on sth
weare feeding on sth
youare feeding on sth
theyare feeding on sth

Perfect

Ihave been feeding on sth
youhave been feeding on sth
he;she;ithas been feeding on sth
wehave been feeding on sth
youhave been feeding on sth
theyhave been feeding on sth

Past

Iwas feeding on sth
youwere feeding on sth
he;she;itwas feeding on sth
wewere feeding on sth
youwere feeding on sth
theywere feeding on sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been feeding on sth
youhad been feeding on sth
he;she;ithad been feeding on sth
wehad been feeding on sth
youhad been feeding on sth
theyhad been feeding on sth

Future

Iwill be feeding on sth
youwill be feeding on sth
he;she;itwill be feeding on sth
wewill be feeding on sth
youwill be feeding on sth
theywill be feeding on sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been feeding on sth
youwill have been feeding on sth
he;she;itwill have been feeding on sth
wewill have been feeding on sth
youwill have been feeding on sth
theywill have been feeding on sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be feeding on sth
youwould be feeding on sth
he;she;itwould be feeding on sth
wewould be feeding on sth
youwould be feeding on sth
theywould be feeding on sth

Perfect

Iwould have been feeding on sth
youwould have been feeding on sth
he;she;itwould have been feeding on sth
wewould have been feeding on sth
youwould have been feeding on sth
theywould have been feeding on sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'feed'

deed, fee, feel, feen, fend, feud, heed, meed, need, reed,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to give food to eat
nourish
to encourage, especially the growth or development of something
foster, grow, nurture, promote, raise
nourish
nurture, supply, purvey, support, sustain, provide
satisfy
gratify, foster, encourage, please
eat
feast, stuff, cram, gorge, dine, graze

Antonyms

nourish
deprive, sap, weaken, enervate

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. fedan "nourish, feed," from P.Gmc. *fothjanan (cf. O.S. fodjan, O.Fris. feda, Goth. fodjan "to feed"). The noun sense of "food for animals" is first attested 1588. Fed up "surfeited, disgusted, bored," is British slang first recorded 1900, extended to U.S. by World War I; probably from earlier phrases like fed up to the back teeth. In the electronic sense, feedback is from 1920. Feeding frenzy is from 1989, metaphoric extension of a phrase that had been used of sharks since 1950s.
2. From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder. See: Middle English 'feden', Proto-Germanic '*fōdijaną', Dutch 'voeden', Danish 'føde', Swedish 'föda', Icelandic 'fæða', Latin 'pāscō'.

Verbs referencing "feed"

Swedish föda, Danish føde, Norwegian føde, Low Saxon föden.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] round, ’ ‘he claps his hands; ’ which gave it greater interest for them, and accustomed them to act together, in an orderly manner. They appeared exceedingly well-taught, and not better taught than fed; for a more chubby-looking full-waistcoated set of boys, I never saw. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] seat holds two persons. There is a long row of them on each side of the caravan, a narrow passage up the middle, and a door at both ends. In the centre of the carriage there is usually a stove, fed with charcoal or anthracite coal; which is for the most part red-hot. It is insufferably close; and you see the hot air fluttering between yourself and any other object you may happen to look at, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] have long, gaunt legs, too, and such peaked snouts, that if one of them could be persuaded to sit for his profile, nobody would recognise it for a pig 's likeness. They are never attended upon, or fed, or driven, or caught, but are thrown upon their own resources in early life, and become preternaturally knowing in consequence. Every pig knows where he lives, much better than anybody could tell [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The arrangements of the boat were like those of the Messenger, and the passengers were of the same order of people. We fed at the same times, on the same kind of viands, in the same dull manner, and with the same observances. The company appeared to be oppressed by the same tremendous concealments, and had as little [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] fever, and my milk all left me, and the child it pined to skin and bone, and Missis wouldn't buy milk for it. She wouldn't hear to me, when I telled her I hadn't milk. She said she knowed I could feed it on what other folks eat; and the child kinder pined, and cried, and cried, and cried, day and night, and got all gone to skin and bones, and Missis got sot agin it and she said ’ t wan't nothin ’ [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] satisfied me that I could not be a partner in that matter. To have a great gang of seven hundred, whom I could not know personally, or feel any individual interest in, bought and driven, housed, fed, worked like so many horned cattle, strained up to military precision,—the question of how little of life's commonest enjoyments would keep them in working order being a constantly recurring [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] in these days men have learned the art of sinning expertly and genteelly, so as not to shock the eyes and senses of respectable society. Human property is high in the market; and is, therefore, well fed, well cleaned, tended, and looked after, that it may come to sale sleek, and strong, and shining. A slave-warehouse in New Orleans is a house externally not much unlike many others, kept with [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • He had a blue diamond-cutter, the whole booking. I was fed up. (King Ivory)
  • I 'm just fed up with just... my life. Meaning, football life. (Saquon)