feed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of feed

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 8 cognates of feed

Indicative

Present

Ifeed up sb
youfeed up sb
he;she;itfeeds up sb
wefeed up sb
youfeed up sb
theyfeed up sb

Perfect

Ihave fed up sb
youhave fed up sb
he;she;ithas fed up sb
wehave fed up sb
youhave fed up sb
theyhave fed up sb

Past

Ifed up sb
youfed up sb
he;she;itfed up sb
wefed up sb
youfed up sb
theyfed up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad fed up sb
youhad fed up sb
he;she;ithad fed up sb
wehad fed up sb
youhad fed up sb
theyhad fed up sb

Future

Iwill feed up sb
youwill feed up sb
he;she;itwill feed up sb
wewill feed up sb
youwill feed up sb
theywill feed up sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have fed up sb
youwill have fed up sb
he;she;itwill have fed up sb
wewill have fed up sb
youwill have fed up sb
theywill have fed up sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ifeed up sb
youfeed up sb
he;she;itfeed up sb
wefeed up sb
youfeed up sb
theyfeed up sb

Perfect

Ihave fed up sb
youhave fed up sb
he;she;ithave fed up sb
wehave fed up sb
youhave fed up sb
theyhave fed up sb

Imperfect

Ifed up sb
youfed up sb
he;she;itfed up sb
wefed up sb
youfed up sb
theyfed up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad fed up sb
youhad fed up sb
he;she;ithad fed up sb
wehad fed up sb
youhad fed up sb
theyhad fed up sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould feed up sb
youwould feed up sb
he;she;itwould feed up sb
wewould feed up sb
youwould feed up sb
theywould feed up sb

Perfect

Iwould have fed up sb
youwould have fed up sb
he;she;itwould have fed up sb
wewould have fed up sb
youwould have fed up sb
theywould have fed up sb

Imperative

youfeed up sb
weLet's feed up sb
youfeed up sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam feeding up sb
youare feeding up sb
he;she;itis feeding up sb
weare feeding up sb
youare feeding up sb
theyare feeding up sb

Perfect

Ihave been feeding up sb
youhave been feeding up sb
he;she;ithas been feeding up sb
wehave been feeding up sb
youhave been feeding up sb
theyhave been feeding up sb

Past

Iwas feeding up sb
youwere feeding up sb
he;she;itwas feeding up sb
wewere feeding up sb
youwere feeding up sb
theywere feeding up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been feeding up sb
youhad been feeding up sb
he;she;ithad been feeding up sb
wehad been feeding up sb
youhad been feeding up sb
theyhad been feeding up sb

Future

Iwill be feeding up sb
youwill be feeding up sb
he;she;itwill be feeding up sb
wewill be feeding up sb
youwill be feeding up sb
theywill be feeding up sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been feeding up sb
youwill have been feeding up sb
he;she;itwill have been feeding up sb
wewill have been feeding up sb
youwill have been feeding up sb
theywill have been feeding up sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be feeding up sb
youwould be feeding up sb
he;she;itwould be feeding up sb
wewould be feeding up sb
youwould be feeding up sb
theywould be feeding up sb

Perfect

Iwould have been feeding up sb
youwould have been feeding up sb
he;she;itwould have been feeding up sb
wewould have been feeding up sb
youwould have been feeding up sb
theywould have been feeding up sb

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)