FEED IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feed in mean? 

• FEED IN (verb)
  The verb FEED IN has 1 sense:

1. introduce continuously

  Familiarity information: FEED IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEED IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Introduce continuously

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

feed; feed in

Context example:

feed carrots into a food processor

Hypernyms (to "feed in" is one way to...):

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

 Context examples 

According to the researchers, Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List, do feed in the open ocean, but juveniles tend to form large groups in only about 20 to 25 specific places around the coasts of Mexico, Belize, the Maldives, and Australia, which previous research has not explained.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)