"feeder" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfidɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-feeder.ogg [Australia] Forms: feeders [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feedere}} Middle English feedere, {{m|enm|federe}} federe, {{m|enm|fedare}} fedare, {{suffix|en|feed|er|id2=agent noun}} feed + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} feeder (plural feeders)
  1. One who feeds, or gives food to another.
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-9q0nMm4C
  2. One who feeds, or gives food to another.
    The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-qjHGzeDB
  3. One who feeds, or takes in food.
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-0VSShZMi Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 5 11 8 13 1 0 2 19 1 17 5 5 6 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 10 8 12 2 0 2 17 1 17 5 5 5 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 5 5 12 5 13 2 1 2 18 2 19 5 5 5 3
  4. One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-zQ~bjoT~ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  5. That which is used to feed. Categories (topical): Water Translations (that which is used to feed): хранилка (hranilka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), syötin (english: active device) (Finnish), syöttöpaikka (english: passive device) (Finnish), etető (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-B6HOqrCA Disambiguation of Water: 4 4 9 6 11 6 1 5 16 2 16 4 5 4 6 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 5 11 8 13 1 0 2 19 1 17 5 5 6 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 10 8 12 2 0 2 17 1 17 5 5 5 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 5 5 12 5 13 2 1 2 18 2 19 5 5 5 3 Disambiguation of 'that which is used to feed': 2 2 5 2 71 1 0 1 6 1 4 2 2 2 1
  6. A tributary stream, especially of a canal. Translations (tributary stream): приток (pritok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sivujoki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-Aq2KNMEc Disambiguation of 'tributary stream': 1 1 1 1 1 76 1 4 2 1 3 0 2 1 3
  7. A branch line of a railway. Translations (railway branch line): sivuraide (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-VKtxRpO7 Disambiguation of 'railway branch line': 1 1 1 1 0 2 73 10 4 1 2 1 1 1 2
  8. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter. Translations (transmission line): syöttöjohto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-cTe1-nJz Disambiguation of 'transmission line': 1 1 1 1 0 2 6 75 3 1 3 1 1 1 2
  9. (education) Short for feeder school. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: feeder school Categories (topical): Education, Water
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-NZxKsSwU Disambiguation of Water: 4 4 9 6 11 6 1 5 16 2 16 4 5 4 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 11 6 14 1 0 1 22 1 16 7 4 5 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 5 11 8 13 1 0 2 19 1 17 5 5 6 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 10 8 12 2 0 2 17 1 17 5 5 5 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 5 5 12 5 13 2 1 2 18 2 19 5 5 5 3 Topics: education
  10. (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship. Categories (topical): Navigation
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-68h-tX-R Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
  11. (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law, Rail transportation, Water
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-IXZkBnIq Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 4 4 6 3 7 9 12 6 3 12 18 3 3 4 5 Disambiguation of Water: 4 4 9 6 11 6 1 5 16 2 16 4 5 4 6 Categories (other): American English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 5 11 8 13 1 0 2 19 1 17 5 5 6 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 10 8 12 2 0 2 17 1 17 5 5 5 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 5 5 12 5 13 2 1 2 18 2 19 5 5 5 3 Topics: law
  12. (baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher. Tags: archaic, slang Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-CVLQjoQU Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  13. (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. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-d2EkhXHv Topics: video-games
  14. (obsolete) One who abets another. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-1G1Is9K6
  15. (obsolete) A parasite. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-feeder-en-noun-VEMLpBXw Disambiguation of People: 8 16 8 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 6 6 9 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (that which feeds): syötin (english: device) (Finnish), syöttäjä [person] (Finnish)
Derived forms: barfeeder, birdfeeder (english: bird feeder), boobfeeder, bottlefeeder (alt: bottle feeder, bottle-feeder), bottom feeder (alt: bottom-feeder), breastfeeder, feeder cattle, feeder fish, feeder fund, feeder head, feederism, feeder line, feederliner, feeder reservoir, feeder school, filter feeder (alt: filter-feeder), fluid feeder, foul feeder, nonfeeder, overfeeder, snake feeder, underfeeder Disambiguation of 'that which feeds': 17 17 18 9 8 2 1 12 2 2 3 2 2 2 4

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) One who abets another."
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        "(obsolete) A parasite."
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  ],
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}
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    {
      "word": "feeder school"
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      "word": "nonfeeder"
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      "word": "snake feeder"
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        "One who feeds, or gives food to another."
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          "text": "Often similes such as 'soft as velvet' or 'fluffy like a cloud' will be employed and the feeder will describe how he feels he can be lost in the enveloping folds of soft flesh.",
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        "One who feeds, or gives food to another.",
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        {
          "ref": "1871, George Miller Beard, Eating and Drinking",
          "text": "There are many who are dietarians in theory, but liberal feeders in practice. They suppose or maintain that it is a duty to deny oneself of all luxuries at the table, but practically they take the best that they can get.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who feeds, or takes in food."
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Thomas E. Lightburn, The Shield and the Shark, page 173",
          "text": "When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.",
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        }
      ],
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        "One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine)."
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        [
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        "That which is used to feed."
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        {
          "ref": "1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, 285",
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        }
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        "A tributary stream, especially of a canal."
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          "ref": "1942 May-June, Charles E. Lee, “The Brampton Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 140",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 August, “Talking of Trains: The costs of transport”, in Trains Illustrated, page 346",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A branch line of a railway."
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        "Short for feeder school."
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        "(education) Short for feeder school."
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        "A feeder ship."
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          "navigation"
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          "feeder ship",
          "feeder ship"
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        "(shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship."
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        "shipbuilding"
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      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court."
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        "(US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court."
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        "US"
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      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "The pitcher."
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          "baseball"
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        [
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          "pitcher"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "slang"
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        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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        "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."
      ],
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          "video game"
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        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "One who abets another."
      ],
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          "abet"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) One who abets another."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "A parasite."
      ],
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          "parasite"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A parasite."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfidɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːdə(ɹ)"
    },
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "device",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which feeds",
      "word": "syötin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which feeds",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "syöttäjä"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hranilka",
      "sense": "that which is used to feed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хранилка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "active device",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is used to feed",
      "word": "syötin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "passive device",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is used to feed",
      "word": "syöttöpaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that which is used to feed",
      "word": "etető"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pritok",
      "sense": "tributary stream",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приток"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tributary stream",
      "word": "sivujoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "railway branch line",
      "word": "sivuraide"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transmission line",
      "word": "syöttöjohto"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Feeder (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "feeder"
}

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