"feed off" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feeds off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feeding off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "feed<,,fed> off"
      },
      "expansion": "feed off (third-person singular simple present feeds off, present participle feeding off, simple past and past participle fed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To consume as part of a diet."
      ],
      "id": "en-feed_off-en-verb-0F920-C3",
      "links": [
        [
          "consume",
          "consume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of an animal) To consume as part of a diet."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "29 71",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It seems like her boss feeds off her unhappiness."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get stimulus from (an external object)."
      ],
      "id": "en-feed_off-en-verb-kDFrjy-S",
      "links": [
        [
          "stimulus",
          "stimulus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To get stimulus from (an external object)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "en-au-feed off.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feed off"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feeds off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feeding off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "feed<,,fed> off"
      },
      "expansion": "feed off (third-person singular simple present feeds off, present participle feeding off, simple past and past participle fed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To consume as part of a diet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "consume",
          "consume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, of an animal) To consume as part of a diet."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It seems like her boss feeds off her unhappiness."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get stimulus from (an external object)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stimulus",
          "stimulus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To get stimulus from (an external object)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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