feed
verb (used with object)
to give food to; supply with nourishment.
had fed
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past perfectof feed.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Russell is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association and said it had fed into ongoing talks aimed at addressing some of the drivers' complaints about the new rules.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Pan questioned whether ByteDance had fed videos of him into its model for training and raised concerns that someone could use ByteDance’s tool to forge the identity of public figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
All collected specimens were engorged, showing they had fed enough to significantly increase their size.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
Invasive species such as the overbite clam consumed the zooplankton on which juvenile smelt had fed, toxic chemicals in farm runoff fouled the waters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
And he had kept the letter of his promise: he had fed him and clothed him and taught him the Bible—but the spirit was not there.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
