feed – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 8 cognates of feed

Indicative

Present

I	feed sth up
you	feed sth up
he;she;it	feeds sth up
we	feed sth up
you	feed sth up
they	feed sth up

Perfect

I	have fed sth up
you	have fed sth up
he;she;it	has fed sth up
we	have fed sth up
you	have fed sth up
they	have fed sth up

Past

I	fed sth up
you	fed sth up
he;she;it	fed sth up
we	fed sth up
you	fed sth up
they	fed sth up

Pluperfect

I	had fed sth up
you	had fed sth up
he;she;it	had fed sth up
we	had fed sth up
you	had fed sth up
they	had fed sth up

Future

I	will feed sth up
you	will feed sth up
he;she;it	will feed sth up
we	will feed sth up
you	will feed sth up
they	will feed sth up

Future Perfect

I	will have fed sth up
you	will have fed sth up
he;she;it	will have fed sth up
we	will have fed sth up
you	will have fed sth up
they	will have fed sth up

Subjunctive

Present

I	feed sth up
you	feed sth up
he;she;it	feed sth up
we	feed sth up
you	feed sth up
they	feed sth up

Perfect

I	have fed sth up
you	have fed sth up
he;she;it	have fed sth up
we	have fed sth up
you	have fed sth up
they	have fed sth up

Imperfect

I	fed sth up
you	fed sth up
he;she;it	fed sth up
we	fed sth up
you	fed sth up
they	fed sth up

Pluperfect

I	had fed sth up
you	had fed sth up
he;she;it	had fed sth up
we	had fed sth up
you	had fed sth up
they	had fed sth up

Conditional

Present

I	would feed sth up
you	would feed sth up
he;she;it	would feed sth up
we	would feed sth up
you	would feed sth up
they	would feed sth up

Perfect

I	would have fed sth up
you	would have fed sth up
he;she;it	would have fed sth up
we	would have fed sth up
you	would have fed sth up
they	would have fed sth up

Imperative

you	feed sth up
we	Let's feed sth up
you	feed sth up

Indicative

Present

I	am feeding sth up
you	are feeding sth up
he;she;it	is feeding sth up
we	are feeding sth up
you	are feeding sth up
they	are feeding sth up

Perfect

I	have been feeding sth up
you	have been feeding sth up
he;she;it	has been feeding sth up
we	have been feeding sth up
you	have been feeding sth up
they	have been feeding sth up

Past

I	was feeding sth up
you	were feeding sth up
he;she;it	was feeding sth up
we	were feeding sth up
you	were feeding sth up
they	were feeding sth up

Pluperfect

I	had been feeding sth up
you	had been feeding sth up
he;she;it	had been feeding sth up
we	had been feeding sth up
you	had been feeding sth up
they	had been feeding sth up

Future

I	will be feeding sth up
you	will be feeding sth up
he;she;it	will be feeding sth up
we	will be feeding sth up
you	will be feeding sth up
they	will be feeding sth up

Future Perfect

I	will have been feeding sth up
you	will have been feeding sth up
he;she;it	will have been feeding sth up
we	will have been feeding sth up
you	will have been feeding sth up
they	will have been feeding sth up

Conditional

Present

I	would be feeding sth up
you	would be feeding sth up
he;she;it	would be feeding sth up
we	would be feeding sth up
you	would be feeding sth up
they	would be feeding sth up

Perfect

I	would have been feeding sth up
you	would have been feeding sth up
he;she;it	would have been feeding sth up
we	would have been feeding sth up
you	would have been feeding sth up
they	would have been feeding sth up

Verbs conjugated like 'feed'

betide, bleed, breed, crossbreed, feed, meet, misfeed, overfeed, spoon-feed, underfeed, boobfeed, bottle-feed, breast-feed, breastfeed, chestfeed, cofeed, counterbleed, counterfeed, cross-breed, forbleed, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

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

Phrasal Verbs

~ off something, ~ on something, ~ upon something, ~ somebody on something, ~ somebody upon something, ~ something on something, ~ something upon something, ~ up somebody, ~ up something, ~ somebody up, ~ something up,

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)

feed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of feed

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'feed'

Verbs similar to 'feed'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "feed"

Sample Sentences