"feed back" meaning in English

See feed back in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: feeds back [present, singular, third-person], feeding back [participle, present], fed back [participle, past], fed back [past], feeded back [nonstandard, participle, past], feeded back [nonstandard, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|feed<,,fed:􂀿nonstandard􂁀> back}} feed back (third-person singular simple present feeds back, present participle feeding back, simple past and past participle fed back or (nonstandard) feeded back)
  1. (transitive) To provide informational feedback to. Tags: transitive Synonyms: feedback
    Sense id: en-feed_back-en-verb-pJSTt9fa
  2. (transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-feed_back-en-verb-vUej4Suc
  3. To return electrical current generated by some means (such as solar panels, regenerative braking) to the power grid.
    Sense id: en-feed_back-en-verb-qnqu5pC9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 32 51 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (back): 20 30 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for feed back meaning in English (2.5kB)

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