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noun(feed-er)one that feeds: such as
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noun(feed-er)one that fattens livestock for slaughter
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noun(feed-er)a device or apparatus for supplying food
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noun(feed-er)a fish that feeds at the bottom
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noun(feed-er)one that is of the lowest status or rank
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noun(feed-er)an opportunist who seeks quick profit usually at the expense of others or from their misfortune
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noun(feed-er)an animal (such as a clam or baleen whale) that obtains its food by filtering organic matter or minute organisms from a current of water that passes through some part of its system
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noun(feed-er)a device for providing feed to livestock that is equipped with a feed hopper that automatically supplies a trough below
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verb(feed-er)to feed (a baby) from a mother's breast
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verb(feed-er)to breastfeed a baby
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verb(feed-er)to feed oneself by sucking milk from a mother's breast
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noun(feed-er)a movement of or like creeping
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noun(feed-er)a distressing sensation like that caused by the creeping of insects over one's flesh; especially : a feeling of apprehension or horror —usually used in plural with the
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noun(feed-er)a feed trough accessible only by young animals and used especially to supply special or supplementary feed —called also creep feeder