| NOUN | animal | feeder | an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening |
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| person | feeder, eater | someone who consumes food for nourishment | |
| object | feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent | a branch that flows into the main stream | |
| artifact | feeder, self-feeder | a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material | |
| artifact | feeder, bird feeder, birdfeeder | an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | |
| animal | feeder | an animal that feeds on a particular source of food |
| Sounds | fiy'der | |
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| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening. | |
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| Broader | domestic animal, domesticated animal | Any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
| Meaning | someone who consumes food for nourishment. | |
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| Synonym | eater | |
| Narrower | devourer | someone who eats greedily or voraciously |
| diner | A person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant) | |
| dunker | An eater who dips food into a liquid / liquid before eating it | |
| glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman | A person who is devoted to eating and drinking / drinking to excess | |
| gobbler | A hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls | |
| luncher | someone who is eating lunch | |
| mouth | A person conceived as a consumer of food | |
| mycophagist, mycophage | A person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | |
| nosher, snacker | someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals / meals | |
| omnivore | A person who eats all kinds of foods | |
| picnicker, picknicker | A person who is picnicking | |
| scoffer, gorger | someone who eats food rapidly and greedily | |
| vegetarian | eater of fruits and grains and nuts | |
| Broader | consumer | A person who uses goods or services |
| Spanish | comedor | |
| Catalan | menjador | |
| Verbs | feed | take in food |
| Meaning | A branch that flows into the main stream. | |
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| Synonyms | tributary, confluent, affluent | |
| Broader | branch | A stream or river connected to a larger / larger one |
| Opposite | distributary | A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it |
| Spanish | afluente, tributaria, tributario | |
| Catalan | afluent, confluent | |
| Verbs | feed | feed into |
| Meaning | A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material. | |
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| Example | "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock" | |
| Synonym | self-feeder | |
| Broader | machine | Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks |
| Spanish | alimentador | |
| Catalan | alimentador | |
| Verbs | feed | introduce continuously |
| feed | give food to | |
| Meaning | An outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds. | |
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| Synonyms | bird feeder, birdfeeder | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Meaning | An animal that feeds on a particular source of food. | |
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| Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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