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many feeds a day does the baby get? **2** [U] food for animals: *a bag of hen feed* $\rightarrow$ see also CHICKENFEED **3** [C,U] when a television or radio signal, computer information etc is sent somewhere, or the connection that is used to do this: *a live satellite feed from the space station* $\rightarrow$ **4** [C] the part of a machine through which the machine is supplied with power or FUEL: *There's a blockage in the petrol feed.* **5** [C] *BrE* a person who supplies a stage entertainer with lines or situations about which he/she can make jokes **6** [C] *old-fash* a meal: *We had a pretty good feed at my uncle's yesterday.*
**feed·back** /'fiːdbæk/ *n* [U] **1** remarks about or in answer to an action, process etc, passed back to the person (or machine) responsible, so that changes can be made if necessary: *The company welcomes feedback from people who use its goods.* | *There's been a lot of positive feedback on the new proposals.* | *I asked my boss for feedback about my work.* | *The college uses feedback from students to prepare new training centres.* **2** uncontrolled noise from an electrical amplification (AMPLIFY) system
**feed·bag** /'fiːdbæg/ *n AmE* for NOSEBAG
**feed·er** /'fiːdə / *BrE* **eater** *AmE* -*n* **1** a person, animal, or plant that eats or takes in food in the stated way: *Little Timmy is a noisy feeder.* **2** a branch road, airline, railway line etc that connects with a main one
**'feeder ,school** *n* a school, e.g. a MIDDLE SCHOOL, which regularly sends pupils to a SECONDARY SCHOOL in the same area
**feed·ing** /'fiːdɪŋ/ *AmE* for FEED
**'feeding ,bottle** *BrE* **baby bottle** *AmE* -*n* a bottle with a rubber cap (TEAT || NIPPLE) from which a baby can suck liquids
**'feeding ground** *n* a place where a group of animals or birds find food to eat
**Feeding of the ,Five 'Thousand, the** a story from the BIBLE in which Jesus performs a MIRACLE by providing food for 5000 people with only five loaves (LOAF) of bread and two fish. People sometimes use this phrase humorously to talk about a situation in which they have to provide a meal for a lot of people: *We have both families coming for Christmas, so it'll be like the Feeding of the Five Thousand.*
**feed·lot** /'fiːdlɒt || -lɑːt/ *n AmE* a large enclosed area where cattle are fattened before being killed
**feel¹** /fiːl/ *v* **felt** /felt/ **1** [T] to get knowledge of by touching with the fingers; handle in order to examine, test, or find out something: *Just feel the quality of the cloth!* | [+ *wh*-] *I can't feel where the light switch is.* | *The nurse felt the child's forehead to see if he had a fever.* **2** [T not in progressive forms] to experience (the touch or movement of something): *It's nice to feel the wind on your face.* | *He felt a sudden stab of pain in his chest.* | [+ -*ing-v*] *I can feel a pin sticking into me.* | *She felt her heart beating faster.* | [+ *obj*+ -*v*] *I felt something touch my foot.* | *He felt her hand tense up in his.* **3** [L + *adj*; I + *adv*] to experience (a condition of the mind or body); be consciously: *Are you feeling better?* ' *Yes, I feel fine now.* ' | *Do you feel hungry yet?* | *She felt cold/cheated/happy.* | *I feel sure that's him.* | *I feel a hundred.* (=years old) | *I felt as if/as though* (=it seemed to me that) *I was going to faint.* **4** [I + *adv/prep*] to search with the fingers rather than the eyes: *She felt (around) in her bag for a pencil.* **5** [L + *adj*; I + *adv/prep*] to give or produce the stated sensation; seem: *Your hands feel cold.* | *It feels cold in this room.* | *How does it feel to be a famous writer?* | *It feels as if/as though there's something sticking out of the mattress.* | *What's this in my pocket? It feels like a nut.* **6** [L+ *adj*; I+ *adv*] to give one the stated sensation: *My feet feel cold.* | *My leg feels as if it's broken.* **7** [T not in progressive forms] to suffer because of (a state or event): *Old people tend to feel the cold quite badly.* **8** [L+ *n*] to think or believe oneself to be: *I felt such a fool when I realized what I'd done.* **9** [T] to have as an opinion; believe, especially not as a result of reasoning: *What do you feel about this idea?* | [+ (*that*)] *I can't help feeling (that) you haven't been completely honest with me.* | *The company feels that this is not a good time to invest a large amount of money.* | [+ *obj* + *n/adj*] (*fml*) *She felt herself (to be) unwanted there.* **10** [T] to have knowledge or consciousness of, but not as the result of reasoning; SENSE: [+ (*that*)] *She instinctively felt that there was someone else in the room/that someone was following her.* **11 feel free to do something** (*often imperative*) to consider oneself welcome to do something: *Please feel (completely) free to make suggestions.* **12 feel in one's bones** to believe strongly (that something is true or will happen), though without proof: *She's going to phone tonight! I can feel it in my bones.* **13 feel like** to have a wish for; want: *I don't feel like dancing now.* | *Do you feel like a cup of coffee?* **14 feel one's way a)** to move carefully (as if) in the dark: *They felt their way down the dark passage.* **b)** to act slowly and carefully: *He hasn't been in the job long and he's still feeling his way.*
**feel for sbdy.** *phr v* [T] to be sorry for; be unhappy about the suffering of; feel sympathy for: *I really feel for the parents of that boy who was killed in the crash.*
**feel sbdy. $\leftrightarrow$ out** *phr v* [T] *AmE infml* to get (someone's) opinions or feelings, e.g. by asking questions: *Have you felt out your parents about using the cabin?*
**feel sbdy. $\leftrightarrow$ up** *phr v* [T] slang to touch (a woman) sexually, usually without permission. Feeling somebody up is likely to cause great offence.
**feel²** *n* [S] **1** the sensation caused by feeling something: *I like the feel of this cloth; it has a warm woolly feel.* **2** *infml, especially BrE* an act of feeling: *Your neck looks swollen — let me have a feel.* **3 get the feel of** to become used to: *You'll soon get the feel of the new job/car.*
**feel·er** /'fiːlə / *n* **1** one of the two thread-like parts on the front of an insect's head, with which it touches things **2 put out feelers** to make a suggestion as a test of what others will think or do: *I'm putting out feelers to see if she'd like to come and work for us.*
**'feel-good** *adj* **feel-good film/programme/music** etc a film etc whose main purpose is to make you feel happy and cheerful
**'feel good ,factor** *n* [U] *especially BrE* a feeling among ordinary people that everything, especially the economic situation, is going well, and they need not worry about spending money
**feel·ing¹** /'fiːlɪŋ/ *n* **1** [C+ *of*] a consciousness (of something felt in the mind or body): *a feeling of shame/danger/thirst/pleasure/relief* | *feelings of shame/doubt* **2** [C;U] a belief or opinion, especially one that is not based on reason: *There's considerable division of feeling* (=different opinions) *over the issue.* | [+ (*that*)] *I have a feeling we're being followed.* | *I don't really know what to think — I've got very mixed feelings on the subject.* **3** [U] the power to feel; sensation: *He lost all feeling in his toes.* **4** [U] excitement of mind, especially in a bad sense: *The new working hours caused/aroused a lot of bad/ill feeling at the factory.* **5** [U (*for*)] sympathy and understanding: *She plays the piano with great feeling.* | *You have no feeling for the beauty of nature.* $\rightarrow$ see also FEELINGS
**feel·ing²** *adj* [A] showing strong feelings: *She gave him a feeling look.* —**ly** *adv*: *'I hate him,' she said feelingly.*
**feel·ings** /'fiːlɪŋz/ *n* [P] the part of a person's nature that feels, compared to the part that thinks; sensations of joy, sorrow, hate etc: *maternal/nationalistic/antagonistic feelings* | *She has very strong feelings on this subject.* | *You'll hurt his feelings* (=make him unhappy) *if you forget his birthday.* | *I'm very sorry I offended you —- no hard feelings?* (=I hope you will forgive me)
**'fee-,paying** *adj* **1** that pays FEES: *a fee-paying student/client* **2** that charges FEES: *a fee-paying school*
**feet** /fiːt/ *pl. of* FOOT $\rightarrow$ see also COLD FEET, ITCHY FEET
**,feet of 'clay** *n* [P] a hidden weakness, usually of morals or principles: *They eventually realized that the leader they so admired had feet of clay.*
**feign** /feɪn/ *v* [T] **1** *fml* to pretend to have or be; put on a false air of: *He feigned death to escape capture.* | *a feigned illness* **2** *old use* to invent (an excuse, reason etc)
**feint¹** /feɪnt/ *n* a false attack or blow, made to draw the enemy's attention away from the real danger
**feint²** *v* [I] to make a feint, especially by pretending to hit with one hand and then using the other: *The boxer feinted with his left, and then landed a heavy punch with his right.*
**feist·y** /'faɪsti/ *adj infml, often apprec* excited and keen to quarrel; COMBATIVE
**fe·la·fel** /fə'lαːfəl/ *n* FALAFEL
**feld·spar** /'feldspαː / also **felspar** *n* [U] a type of white or light red stone