feed·er /ˈfidɚ/
餵食者,飼養員,食客;支流,支脈
feeder
饋線
feeder
饋送器 饋線
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.”
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, air route, 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.
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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]