feed vs take in
take in vs feedfeed is a noun but take in is not a noun.
feed and take in both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| feed | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| take in | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
take in is a hypernym of
feed; that is, take in is a
word with a broader meaning than feed:
- feed: take in food; used of animals only
- take in: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
| feed (noun) | take in (noun) |
|---|---|
| food for domestic livestock |
| feed (verb) | take in (verb) |
|---|---|
| provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | make (clothes) smaller |
| introduce continuously | take into one's family |
| take in food; used of animals only | take up mentally |
| give food to | fool or hoax |
| serve as food for; be the food for | serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
| feed into; supply | take up as if with a sponge |
| provide as food | fold up |
| gratify | express willingness to have in one's home or environs |
| profit from in an exploitatory manner | accept |
| move along, of liquids | take in, also metaphorically |
| support or promote | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers |
| see or watch | |
| earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | |
| call for and obtain payment of | |
| visit for entertainment | |
| provide with shelter | |
| suck or take up or in |
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
Words related to "take in"
- absorb
- acquire
- adopt
- allay
- alter
- assimilate
- assuage
- assume
- bear
- befool
- betray
- binge
- blot
- board
- booze
- bring home
- bring in
- cannibalise
- cannibalize
- catch
- change
- clear
- coal
- cod
- collect
- consume
- deceive
- digest
- domiciliate
- draw
- drink
- dupe
- earn
- eat
- eke out
- farm
- feed
- fill
- fool
- fuddle
- fuel
- furl
- gain
- gather in
- get
- gross
- gull
- habituate
- have
- hear
- hit the bottle
- house
- imbibe
- incorporate
- induct
- ingest
- invite
- kid
- larn
- lead astray
- learn
- let out
- listen
- make
- mop
- mop up
- net
- overhear
- partake
- pay
- preview
- profit
- pull in
- pull the leg of
- put on
- put one across
- put one over
- put up
- quench
- raise
- rake in
- rake off
- realise
- realize
- receive
- replete
- rewatch
- roll up
- sack
- sack up
- sample
- sate
- satiate
- see
- shovel in
- slake
- slang
- soak up
- sop up
- spectate
- sponge up
- squeeze out
- suck
- suck in
- suck up
- sup
- take
- take home
- take in
- take up
- take-in
- taste
- touch
- try
- try out
- turn a profit
- use
- vary
- view
- visit
- visualise
- visualize
- watch
- welcome
- wipe up
- yield
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