feed – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 8 cognates of feed

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

you	feed upon sth
we	Let's feed upon sth
you	feed upon sth

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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