feed – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of feed

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 8 cognates of feed

Indicative

Present

Ifeed off sth
youfeed off sth
he;she;itfeeds off sth
wefeed off sth
youfeed off sth
theyfeed off sth

Perfect

Ihave fed off sth
youhave fed off sth
he;she;ithas fed off sth
wehave fed off sth
youhave fed off sth
theyhave fed off sth

Past

Ifed off sth
youfed off sth
he;she;itfed off sth
wefed off sth
youfed off sth
theyfed off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad fed off sth
youhad fed off sth
he;she;ithad fed off sth
wehad fed off sth
youhad fed off sth
theyhad fed off sth

Future

Iwill feed off sth
youwill feed off sth
he;she;itwill feed off sth
wewill feed off sth
youwill feed off sth
theywill feed off sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have fed off sth
youwill have fed off sth
he;she;itwill have fed off sth
wewill have fed off sth
youwill have fed off sth
theywill have fed off sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ifeed off sth
youfeed off sth
he;she;itfeed off sth
wefeed off sth
youfeed off sth
theyfeed off sth

Perfect

Ihave fed off sth
youhave fed off sth
he;she;ithave fed off sth
wehave fed off sth
youhave fed off sth
theyhave fed off sth

Imperfect

Ifed off sth
youfed off sth
he;she;itfed off sth
wefed off sth
youfed off sth
theyfed off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad fed off sth
youhad fed off sth
he;she;ithad fed off sth
wehad fed off sth
youhad fed off sth
theyhad fed off sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould feed off sth
youwould feed off sth
he;she;itwould feed off sth
wewould feed off sth
youwould feed off sth
theywould feed off sth

Perfect

Iwould have fed off sth
youwould have fed off sth
he;she;itwould have fed off sth
wewould have fed off sth
youwould have fed off sth
theywould have fed off sth

Imperative

youfeed off sth
weLet's feed off sth
youfeed off sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam feeding off sth
youare feeding off sth
he;she;itis feeding off sth
weare feeding off sth
youare feeding off sth
theyare feeding off sth

Perfect

Ihave been feeding off sth
youhave been feeding off sth
he;she;ithas been feeding off sth
wehave been feeding off sth
youhave been feeding off sth
theyhave been feeding off sth

Past

Iwas feeding off sth
youwere feeding off sth
he;she;itwas feeding off sth
wewere feeding off sth
youwere feeding off sth
theywere feeding off sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been feeding off sth
youhad been feeding off sth
he;she;ithad been feeding off sth
wehad been feeding off sth
youhad been feeding off sth
theyhad been feeding off sth

Future

Iwill be feeding off sth
youwill be feeding off sth
he;she;itwill be feeding off sth
wewill be feeding off sth
youwill be feeding off sth
theywill be feeding off sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been feeding off sth
youwill have been feeding off sth
he;she;itwill have been feeding off sth
wewill have been feeding off sth
youwill have been feeding off sth
theywill have been feeding off sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be feeding off sth
youwould be feeding off sth
he;she;itwould be feeding off sth
wewould be feeding off sth
youwould be feeding off sth
theywould be feeding off sth

Perfect

Iwould have been feeding off sth
youwould have been feeding off sth
he;she;itwould have been feeding off sth
wewould have been feeding off sth
youwould have been feeding off sth
theywould have been feeding off sth

Other

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

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)