feed on

Frequency: 8.520.1 per million words

to give someone or an animal a particular type of food

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Examples (10)

  • The seals feed mainly on fish and squid.
  • Bears feed voraciously on salmon during spawning season.
  • These birds feed primarily on insects and small worms.
  • The cattle feed exclusively on organic grass.
  • Sharks feed predominantly on smaller fish and marine life.
  • The baby feeds on breast milk every few hours.
  • Wild geese feed mostly on aquatic plants and grains.
  • The calves feed regularly on their mother's milk.
  • These ducks feed on algae and water insects.
  • The tributaries feed on mountain snowmelt and rainfall.