feeder (n.)

early 15c., "one who feeds (an animal);" 1560s, "one who eats;" agent noun from feed (v.). As a mechanical apparatus for conveying materials, from 1660s. Of cattle and streams, by 1790s; of roads and railroads, by 1850s.

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feed (v.)

Old English fedan "nourish, give food to, sustain, foster" (transitive), from Proto-Germanic *fodjan (source also of Old Saxon fodjan, Old Frisian feda, Dutch voeden, Old High German fuotan, Old Norse foeða, Gothic fodjan "to feed"), from PIE root *pa- "to feed." Intransitive sense "take food, eat" is from late 14c. Meaning "to supply to as food" is from 1818.

self-feeder (n.)

"one who or that which feeds itself" in any sense, 1877; see self- + feeder. Self-feeding (adj.), "keeping up a constant supply of anything in constant consumption" is attested from 1835.

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Definitions of feeder from WordNet

feeder (n.)

an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening;

feeder (n.)

someone who consumes food for nourishment;

Synonyms: eater

feeder (n.)

a branch that flows into the main stream;

Synonyms: tributary / confluent / affluent

feeder (n.)

a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material;

the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock

Synonyms: self-feeder

feeder (n.)

an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds;

Synonyms: bird feeder / birdfeeder

feeder (n.)

an animal that feeds on a particular source of food;

a mud feeder

a bark feeder

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