feed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of feed

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 8 cognates of feed

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youfeed up sth
weLet's feed up sth
youfeed up sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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