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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Feeder \Feed"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies
        nourishment; steward.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. ``The feeder
        of my riots.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed
        or fattened.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a
        tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course
        which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or
        natural flow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A branch railroad, stage line, air route, or the like; a
        side line which increases the business of the main line.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     7. (Mining)
        (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or
            mineral vein. --Ure.
        (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.
            --Raymond.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or
        leads along the material operated upon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with
        water as needed.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Feeder \Feed"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies
        nourishment; steward.
  
              A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
  
     2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. ``The feeder
        of my riots.'' --Shak.
  
     3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed
        or fattened.
  
              With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
  
     5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a
        tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course
        which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or
        natural flow.
  
     6. A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line
        which increases the business of the main line.
  
     7. (Mining)
        (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or
            mineral vein. --Ure.
        (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.
            --Raymond.
  
     8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or
        leads along the material operated upon.
  
     9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with
        water as needed.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  feeder
       n 1: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
       2: someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: eater]
       3: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: tributary,
          affluent] [ant: distributary]
       4: a machine that automatically provides a supply of some
          material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for
          the livestock" [syn: self-feeder]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  feeder
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η ταΐστρα
     2 ο τροφοδότης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  feeder
     n.
     1 One who feeds, or gives food to another.
     2 # The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  feeder
     n.
     1 One who feeds, or gives food to another.
     2 # The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  feeder
     n.
     1 One who feeds, or gives food to another.
     2 # The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  feeder
     n.
     1 One who feeds, or gives food to another.
     2 # The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  feeder
     Englanti n.
     1 syöjä
     2 ruokintalaite
     3 lisäjoki, sivujoki
     4 tuttipullo
     5 syötin, syöttölaite
     6 syöttöjohto
     7 syöttölinja, syöttöliikenne

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Feeder /fˈiːdə/
  الطاعم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  feeder //ˈfidɚ// 
  1. хранилка
  that which is used to feed
  2. приток
  tributary stream

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  feeder /fˈiːdə/ 
  krmítko

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  feeder /fˈiːdə/
  přípoj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  feeder /fˈiːdə/ 
  přítok

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  feeder /fˈiːdə/ 
  krmič