I researched and found out that the noun form of "feed" is "food". But a Brainly user told me its "feedings". Please guys, which is correct? Food or Feedings?
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Explanation:
Definition of 'feed'
feed
(fiːd)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense feeds, present participle feeding, past tense, past participle fed
1. VERB
If you feed a person or animal, you give them food to eat and sometimes actually put it in their mouths.
We brought along pieces of old bread and fed the birds. [VERB noun]
She fed him a cookie. [VERB noun noun]
In that part of the world you can feed cattle on almost any green vegetable or fruit. [V n + on/with]
He spooned the ice cream into a cup and fed it to her. [VERB noun + to]
[Also VERB pronoun-reflexive]
Feed is also a noun.
[mainly British]
She's had a good feed.
feeding UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
The feeding of dairy cows has undergone a revolution.
2. VERB
To feed a family or a community means to supply food for them.
Feeding a hungry family can be expensive. [VERB noun]
We have the technology to feed the population of the planet. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: cater for, provide for, nourish, provide with food More Synonyms of feed
3. VERB
When an animal feeds, it eats or drinks something.
After a few days the caterpillars stopped feeding. [VERB]
Slugs feed on decaying plant and animal material. [V + on/off]
4. VERB
When a baby feeds, or when you feed it, it drinks breast milk or milk from a bottle.
When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often. [VERB]
I knew absolutely nothing about handling or feeding a baby. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: eat, drink milk, take nourishment More Synonyms of feed
5. VARIABLE NOUN [usually noun NOUN]
Animal feed is food given to animals, especially farm animals.
The grain just rotted and all they could use it for was animal feed.
...poultry feed.
6. VERB
To feed something to a place, means to supply it to that place in a steady flow.
...blood vessels that feed blood to the brain. [VERB noun preposition]
...gas fed through pipelines. [VERB noun preposition]
Synonyms: supply, take, send, carry More Synonyms of feed
7. VERB
If you feed something into a container or piece of equipment, you put it into it.
He took the compact disc from her, then fed it into the player. [VERB noun preposition]
She was feeding documents into a paper shredder. [VERB noun preposition]
8. VERB
If someone feeds you false or secret information, they deliberately tell it to you.
He was surrounded by people who fed him ghastly lies. [VERB noun noun]
At least one British officer was feeding him with classified information. [VERB noun + with]
[Also VERB noun + to]
9. VERB
If you feed someone's dislike or desire for something, you make it stronger.
The divorce was painfully public, feeding her dislike of the press. [VERB noun]
10. VERB
If you feed a plant, you add substances to it to make it grow