Lexic.us

Definition of Feeder

1. Noun. An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening.

2. Noun. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.

3. Noun. A branch that flows into the main stream.

4. Noun. A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material. "The feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"

5. Noun. An outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds.

6. Noun. An animal that feeds on a particular source of food. "A mud feeder"

Definition of Feeder

1. n. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

Definition of Feeder

1. Noun. That which feeds. ¹

2. Noun. That which is used to feed. ¹

3. Noun. A tributary stream, especially of a canal. ¹

4. Noun. A branch line of a railway ¹

5. Noun. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter. ¹

6. Noun. (baseball slang archaic 1800s) The pitcher. ¹

7. Noun. (video games derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Feeder

1. one that feeds [n -S] - See also: feeds

Medical Definition of Feeder

1. 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, 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. A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. 8. An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. 9. A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feeder

feedback transfer function feedback transfer functions feedbacked feedbacker feedbackers feedbacking feedbacks feedbag feedbags feedbox

feedboxes feedburner feeded feedee feedees feeder (current term) feeder cattle feeder fish feeder fund feeder layer

feeder line feeder reservoir feederism feeders feedest feedeth feedflare feedforward feedforward control feedforwarded

Literary usage of Feeder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dombey and Son. by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne (1848)
"I hope, feeder, that in writing a statement of what had occurred before ... feeder ! Nobody but myself can tell what the capacity of that woman's mind is. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"feeder Ammeter.—An ammeter placed in the circuit of a feeder, ... feeder Box.—A distribution box supplied by a feeder, into which a feeder enters to receive ..."

3. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1920)
"Potential Drop in a feeder Supplying One Concentrated Load.—Fig. 64 shows a feeder (consisting of a positive and a negative wire) supplying a motor load. ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"In these rheostats is found the first elementary feeder regulator. ... I refer to such historic methods of feeder control only to show how early in the art ..."

5. Annual Report by New York (State) (1870)
"1, viz : The Erie canal from Albany, including Albany basin, to east bank Ofthe Oneida Lake canal ; Champlain canal ; Glen's Falls feeder, and the Black ..."

6. Cotton Ginners Handbook edited by W. S. Anthony, William D. Mayfield (1995)
"The mobile head feeder is equipped with a module containment door, which, when closed, keeps the cotton within the feeder and forces the module remnant into ..."

7. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"Boosting Transformers and feeder Regulators.—The voltage of a line may be raised by a small amount if a standard transformer is connected as shown in Fig. ..."

8. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"Boosting Transformers and feeder Regulators.—The voltage of a line may be raised by a small amount if a standard transformer is connected as shown in Fig. ..."

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