feed
verb
1 verb people, animals, etc TRANSITIVEcothaigh verb beathaigh verb bia a thabhairt dobiathaigh verb she fed the scraps to her dog thug sí an fuílleach dá madradon't feed the ducks ná tabhair bia do na lachainthe charity feeds 400 people a day cothaíonn an carthanas 400 duine sa láenough to feed an army díol airm de bhiathey're fed on processed foods cothaítear ar bhia próiseáilte iadhe's well fed tá sé breá beathaithe, tá rian a choda air 2 verb baby TRANSITIVEbeathaigh verb cothaigh verb she's feeding the baby tá sí ag beathú an linbhTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb baby: drink milk INTRANSITIVEbheith ag diúlthe baby is feeding tá an leanbh ag diúl 4 verb animal: eat food INTRANSITIVEith verb bats feed at night san oíche a bheathaíonn ialtóga iad féin, san oíche a chothaíonn ialtóga iad féin 5 verb HORT plant 6 verb give sb information, idea, etc TRANSITIVEtabhair do PhrV inis do PhrV he fed them a pack of lies bréaga ar fad a d'inis sé dóibh, spalp sé bréaga leo 7 verb into machine etc TRANSITIVEcuir isteach the operator feeds the machine with timber cuireann an t-oibritheoir adhmad isteach sa mheaisínthe results are fed into a computer cuirtear na torthaí isteach i ríomhaire 8 verb move sth TRANSITIVEcuir verb lig verb scaoil verb the rope was fed down the well scaoileadh an rópa síos sa tobar 9 verb with water, power etc TRANSITIVEsoláthair verb cuir ar fáil a lake which fed water into the canal loch a sholáthair uisce don chanáil 10 verb begin to have effect INTRANSITIVEit took a while for the improvements to feed through thóg sé tamall gur thosaigh na feabhsuithe ag dul i bhfeidhm, thóg sé tamall go bhfacthas toradh ar na feabhsuithe 11 verb strengthen (feeling, suspicion etc) TRANSITIVEneartaigh verb láidrigh verb cothaigh verb cuir le PhrV his answer only fed my suspicion is amhlaidh a neartaigh a fhreagra an t-amhras a bhí orm, ní dhearna an freagra a thug sé ach cur leis an amhras a bhí orm 12 verb provide for habit, demand, etc TRANSITIVEfreastail ar PhrV freastal a dhéanamh ar the internet has fed a demand for information tá an t-idirlíon tar éis freastal ar an éileamh a bhíonn ar eolas 13 verb put fuel onto TRANSITIVEcuir le PhrV coinnigh le PhrV she fed the fire with coal choinnigh sí gual leis an tine, chuir sí gual ar an tine 14 verb THEAT prompt sb with line TRANSITIVEto feed a line to sb líne a thabhairt do dhuine 15 verb SPOR pass ball to sb TRANSITIVESeán fed Mícheál, who scored thug Seán an liathróid do Mhícheál agus scóráil sé siúdhe fed the ball inside scaoil sé an liathróid isteach
noun
16 noun mealbéile masc4 we got a great feed fuaireamar béile breá 17 noun baby's drink of milkbeathú masc cothú masc his next feed is due at two tá an chéad chothú eile le fáil aige ar a dóshe gave the baby a feed bheathaigh sí an leanbh 18 noun AGR, HORT animal or plant foodbeatha fem4 bia masc4 19 noun part supplying water, power etcfotha masc4 power feed fotha cumhachta 20 noun COMP, TV-RAD flow of news, informationfotha masc4 fíd masc4 21 noun (also feed line) THEAT line, promptleid tosaigh 22 noun THEAT prompterleideoir línte 23 noun SPOR putting of ball into scrumcur isteach