Feeder

/ˈfidɚ/ · noun

Meaning

One who feeds, or gives food to another..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who feeds, or gives food to another.
2. One who feeds, or takes in food.
3. One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
4. That which is used to feed.
5. A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
6. A branch line of a railway.
7. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
8. (education) Ellipsis of feeder school.

Example Sentences

The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than the wild-cat; […]

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.

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.

bird feeder

The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.

This line, described as a valuable feeder to the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, was opened on July 8, 1836, and superseded the older wagonway.

Another factor to be allowed for in establishing the remunerativeness of a service was its value as a feeder to the rest of the system.

Go with me; if you like upon report The soil, the profit, and this kind of life, I will your very faithful feeder be, And buy it with your gold right suddenly.

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