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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

to feed someone

English answer:

you can feed a person

Added to glossary by lafresita (X)
Oct 29, 2004 09:15
20 yrs ago
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English term

to feed someone

Non-PRO English Other Food & Drink Great Britain
Can you say it 'to feed a person'? Because one of my Greek housemates says that you can only use 'feed' regarding to animals.

One of them said: 'how many times did you feed me'

But I think you CAN say that regarding to a person, can't you?
Responses
5 +19 you can feed a person
5 +3 yes
5 +1 feed as a noun (not this case)

Discussion

Henrique Serra Oct 29, 2004:
Just another Bible reference to support your point:

"feed me with food convenient for me"
(Old Testament | Proverbs 30:8)
Non-ProZ.com Oct 29, 2004:
My housemate was 'ashamed' to be offered food, that I cooked (yet again)
Ana Juliá Oct 29, 2004:
When that housemate said 'how many times did you feed me', what did he/she meant?

Responses

+19
4 mins
Selected

you can feed a person

You feed babies, and sick people who can't eat on their own.
You can also say "feed a person" to mean proving the food for them, as in feeding the poor.

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-10-29 09:20:26 GMT)
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sorry, providing the food
Peer comment(s):
agree gulser (X)
9 mins
thanks
agree Nizamettin Yigit : yes. it is used both direct or in-direct meanings.
30 mins
thanks
agree Kristina Thorne
42 mins
thanks
agree Olga B
51 mins
agree lindaellen (X)
1 hr
agree Heidi Stone-Schaller
1 hr
agree Charlie Bavington : absolutely.
1 hr
agree moken : :O)
2 hrs
agree Henrique Serra : Just read II Samuel 5:2 -> "Thou shalt feed my people Israel"
2 hrs
agree Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
agree humbird : Perfectly correct English.
4 hrs
agree Monika Rozwarzewska : sure
5 hrs
agree conejo : it works, it means "supplying food" Example: That family has 7 children to feed. It also works with adults, as in your case. : )
5 hrs
agree nlingua
6 hrs
agree Refugio : To feed can be used to mean to provide food for, and yet a native speaker probabaly would have said "You have cooked for me so many times", since to feed is often to spoon food into someone's mouth, as little children, invalids or the very elderly.
7 hrs
agree DGK T-I : "When I get older losing my hair, many years from now.... Will you still need me, Will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four..." Paul McCartney http://www.merseyworld.com/imagine/lyrics/whenim64.htm
1 day 15 hrs
right,and 64 is not as far off as it once seemed :-)
agree Peter Linton (X)
2 days 11 hrs
agree sonja29 (X)
3 days 3 hrs
agree Eva Olsson : "He has a big family to feed" , "many mouths to feed" e.g.
6 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to all!"
+3
4 mins

yes

you are right
Peer comment(s):
agree Nizamettin Yigit
30 mins
Cheers
agree Henrique Serra : Just read II Samuel 5:2 -> "Thou shalt feed my people Israel"
2 hrs
Obrigado Henrique ;o)
agree sonja29 (X)
3 days 3 hrs
Thank you sonja29
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+1
1 hr

feed as a noun (not this case)

Hi "m",

Of course, I completely agree with my colleagues in the context and form provided.

Just in case you want to provide your flatmate with a little extra info, as an explanatory note, we can use the word "feed" as a noun. When we do, this refers to the type of food that is given to animals (animal feed). You would not give humans "feed".

Some examples:

Product Board Animal Feed (PDV) - [ Traduzca esta página ]The Product Board Animal Feed is a regulatory industrial organization for businesses and for employees in the animal feed production chain. butt_loop. ...
www.pdv.nl/index_eng.php?switch=1 - 9k - 27 Oct 2004 - En caché - Páginas similares


Transgenic DNA in Animal Feed - [ Traduzca esta página ]... Transgenic DNA in Animal Feed. ... Steps should be taken to ensure that no GM material will be fed to animals directly or incorporated into commercial animal feed. ...
www.i-sis.org.uk/anifeed.php - 34k - 27 Oct 2004 - En caché - Páginas similares


Analysis of Animal Feed/Pet Food - [ Traduzca esta página ]A leader in the field of Animal Feed and Pet Food testing:interpretation of results,advice on testing protocols, chemical and microbiological tests for ...
www.eclipsescientific.co.uk/animal_feed/animalmain.html - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares

Peer comment(s):
agree Charlie Bavington : a point well worth making, since it could be where the confusion arose.
55 mins
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