feed the fire in English

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-feed the fire.wav

Forms: feeds the fire [present, singular, third-person], feeding the fire [participle, present], fed the fire [participle, past], fed the fire [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|feed<,,fed> the fire}} feed the fire (third-person singular simple present feeds the fire, present participle feeding the fire, simple past and past participle fed the fire)

Inflected forms

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"feed the fire" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms