FEEDER

feeder

(noun) an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

feeder

(noun) an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; “a bark feeder”; “a mud feeder”

feeder, self-feeder

(noun) a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; “the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock”

feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent

(noun) a branch that flows into the main stream

eater, feeder

(noun) someone who consumes food for nourishment

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

feeder (plural feeders)

One who feeds, or gives food to another.

The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).

One who feeds, or takes in food.

One who, or that which, feeds material into something.

That which is used to feed.

A tributary stream, especially of a canal.

A branch line of a railway.

A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.

(education) A feeder school.

(shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.

(US, legal) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.

(baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher.

(video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.

(obsolete) One who abets another.

(obsolete) A parasite.

Anagrams

• ferede, reefed, refeed

Source: Wiktionary

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Feed"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith.

2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots." Shak.

3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.

5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.

6. A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. Raymond.

8. (Mach.)

Definition: An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.

9. (Steam Engine)

Definition: A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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