feed vs bird feed
bird feed vs feedfeed and bird feed both are nouns.
feed is a verb but bird feed is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| feed | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| bird feed | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
bird feed is a hyponym of
feed; that is, bird feed is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
feed:
- feed: food for domestic livestock
- bird feed: food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
Other hyponyms of feed include
blood meal, corn gluten feed, cattle cake, creep feed, fodder, feed grain, ensilage, silage, oil cake, pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill, mash, cud, rechewed food, bird food, birdseed, pet-food, pet food, petfood, mast, fish meal, potato pulp.
| feed (noun) | bird feed (noun) |
|---|---|
| food for domestic livestock | food given to birds; usually mixed seeds |
| feed (verb) | bird feed (verb) |
|---|---|
| provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | |
| introduce continuously | |
| take in food; used of animals only | |
| give food to | |
| serve as food for; be the food for | |
| feed into; supply | |
| provide as food | |
| gratify | |
| profit from in an exploitatory manner | |
| move along, of liquids | |
| support or promote |
Words related to "feed"
- advance
- agriculture
- aliment
- bird feed
- bird food
- birdseed
- blood meal
- board
- boost
- bottlefeed
- breakfast
- breastfeed
- brim over
- browse
- cater
- cattle cake
- circulate
- consume
- corn
- corn gluten feed
- course
- creep feed
- crop
- cud
- dine
- drain
- dribble
- dung
- eat
- eddy
- enclose
- encourage
- enrich
- ensilage
- exploit
- farming
- fat
- fatten
- fatten out
- fatten up
- feast
- feed grain
- feed in
- feeder
- feeding
- fertilise
- fertilize
- fill out
- filter
- fish meal
- flesh out
- flow
- flush
- fodder
- food
- forage
- force-feed
- furnish
- further
- give
- give suck
- graze
- gush
- gutter
- have
- husbandry
- inclose
- ingest
- inject
- insert
- introduce
- jet
- lactate
- lunch
- malnourish
- mash
- mast
- move
- nitrify
- nourish
- nurse
- nutrient
- nutrify
- offer
- oil cake
- ooze
- overfeed
- overflow
- overrun
- pasture
- pet food
- pet-food
- petfood
- pigswill
- pigwash
- plump
- plump out
- ply
- potato pulp
- pour
- prey
- promote
- provender
- provide
- purl
- put in
- range
- raven
- rechewed food
- regale
- regurgitate
- render
- run
- run down
- run off
- run out
- run over
- scavenge
- seep
- silage
- slop
- slops
- spill
- spoonfeed
- starve
- stick in
- stream
- suck
- suckle
- supply
- surge
- swill
- swirl
- take
- take in
- tide
- topdress
- treat
- trickle
- undernourish
- waste
- well out
- well over
- wet-nurse
- whirl
- whirlpool
- work
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