feeder
gb/fˈidɚ/ us/fˈidɚ/
A2
Engleză
~ 9900
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv
A2
entity
1
container that holds animal food
A container or machine that holds food for animals or birds to eat from.
Tipar de utilizare:
a feeder for [animals]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes say "food box for birds" or "food machine for cats" instead of the natural noun + "feeder", as in "bird feeder" or "automatic cat feeder".
Sinonime
food dispenser (Stresses the mechanism that releases food and can be used for humans, animals, or machines.)
|
trough (A long open container that farm animals eat from; not usually used for small pets or birds.)
Antonime
waterer (A container that supplies water to animals instead of food.)
Colocații
bird feeder
|hummingbird feeder
|automatic feeder
|cattle feeder
|pet feeder
Teme
animals
|home
|nature
|daily_life
Exemple
- I hung a new bird feeder outside the kitchen window.
- Make sure the chicken feeder is full before we leave for the weekend.
- The automatic cat feeder dispenses dry food twice a day.
- In winter, the squirrel keeps raiding the bird feeder.
- The farmer filled the cattle feeder with fresh hay.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- There is a bird feeder in our garden.
- We bought a feeder for our new puppy.
- The automatic feeder gives food to the fish.
- Please clean the bird feeder once a week.
Substantiv
B1
entity
2
person who gives food
A person or animal that feeds another person or animal.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] is the feeder for [someone/something]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse this meaning with "someone who eats" and say things like "He is a feeder" when they mean "He is an eater" or "He eats a lot."
Sinonime
caregiver (Often used when feeding is only one part of looking after someone who needs help.)
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provider (Broader; someone who supplies many needs, not only food.)
Antonime
dependent (The person who receives care and food instead of giving it.)
Colocații
breast feeder
|tube feeder
|hand feeder
|primary feeder
Teme
family
|health
|animals
|daily_life
Exemple
- For the next few weeks, you will be the primary feeder for the puppies.
- In the hospital, a trained feeder helped the patient eat safely.
- The zookeeper assigned as the tiger's feeder must follow strict safety rules.
- During the study, each bird had a designated feeder who visited twice a day.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- My mother is the main feeder for the baby.
- The nurse is a careful feeder for old people.
- Each dog has one feeder at the shelter.
- In the zoo, one worker is the feeder for the lions.
Substantiv
B2
entity
3
person or animal that eats
A person or animal, talked about by how they eat, for example a "good feeder" or "picky feeder".
Tipar de utilizare:
[adjective] feeder
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners often use "feeder" instead of the more common word "eater" in sentences like "He is a big eater." "Feeder" for this meaning is usually used with adjectives such as "good", "poor", or "picky".
Sinonime
eater (More common everyday word; "feeder" is mostly used with an adjective or in particular dialects and specialist uses.)
Antonime
non-eater (Someone or something that does not eat, or hardly eats at all, so cannot be described as a feeder.)
Colocații
good feeder
|poor feeder
|picky feeder
|fussy feeder
|heavy feeder
Teme
food
|health
|daily life
|daily_life
|animals
Exemple
- The toddler is a picky feeder and refuses most vegetables.
- He's always been a good feeder and enjoys trying new dishes.
- This plant is a heavy feeder and needs fertilizer every month.
- The vet said the puppy is a poor feeder and might be ill.
- Tom used to be a fussy feeder, but now he eats almost everything.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- My baby is a good feeder and eats a lot.
- Her son is a fussy feeder and does not like rice.
- Tom is a poor feeder when he is sick.
- This flower is a heavy feeder and needs rich soil.
Substantiv
technical
B2
entity
4
machine part that feeds material
A part of a machine that moves paper or other things into the machine by itself.
Tipar de utilizare:
a feeder for [material]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes say "paper input" when native speakers normally say "paper feeder" for the part of a printer that holds and moves the paper.
Sinonime
feed mechanism (More formal technical term, mainly used in engineering or manufacturing contexts.)
Colocații
paper feeder
|sheet feeder
|automatic feeder
|bowl feeder
|vibratory feeder
Teme
technology
|industry
|work
Exemple
- The printer's paper feeder is jammed again.
- A vibratory feeder carries the small parts to the assembly line.
- We installed an automatic feeder to deliver pellets into the furnace.
- The sheet feeder can handle up to 500 pages at a time.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The paper feeder in my printer is broken.
- This machine has an automatic feeder for metal parts.
- Please fill the sheet feeder before you start the copy job.
- The feeder moves the wood into the cutting machine.
Substantiv
technical
C1
entity
5
supply line to a main system
A road, train line, cable, or pipe that brings things or people from small places to a main road, line, or system.
Tipar de utilizare:
a feeder to [a main system]
Sinonime
supply line (General term for any line that carries something to where it is needed, not only into a main system.)
Colocații
feeder line
|feeder road
|power feeder
|rail feeder
|feeder bus
Teme
technology
|transport
|transportation
Exemple
- The new feeder brings electricity from the substation to the downtown area.
- This bus serves as a feeder to the main train line.
- Engineers are upgrading the 11-kilovolt feeders to handle more load.
- A short feeder connects the village to the highway.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- This small road is a feeder to the big highway.
- The city added a bus feeder for the new train station.
- The power company built a new feeder to the town.
- Water flows through a feeder into the main pipe.
Substantiv
B2
entity
6
source organization for a bigger one
A school, club, or group that often sends its students or players to a bigger or more famous place.
Tipar de utilizare:
a feeder for [a larger organization]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes say only "This is a feeder" without a noun after it. In this sense, native speakers almost always say "feeder school", "feeder team", "feeder club", etc.
Sinonime
pipeline (Informal business term for a regular source of people or things; less tied to education or sports.)
Antonime
destination school (A school that mainly receives students from many smaller schools, rather than sending them on to a bigger one.)
Colocații
feeder school
|feeder club
|feeder team
|feeder league
|college feeder
Teme
education
|sports
|business
|work
Exemple
- That high school has become a major feeder for the country's top universities.
- The minor-league team acts as a feeder for the professional club.
- This local festival is a feeder for the larger international competition.
- The coding boot camp is a key feeder into the city's tech firms.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- This small school is a feeder for a big university.
- Our club is a feeder for the national team.
- The training course is a feeder for jobs in banks.
- That art show is a feeder for bigger galleries.
Substantiv
slang
C2
entity
7
person with feeding fetish
In sexual talk, a person who becomes excited by giving another person a lot of food and making them gain weight.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] is a feeder
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may wrongly use this sexual meaning in neutral situations because they think "feeder" only means "someone who gives food." Avoid this sense unless you are sure the context is sexual or clearly about this fetish.
Sinonime
encourager (A term used within some weight-gain communities for someone who encourages a partner to gain weight; less widely known than "feeder".)
Colocații
online feeder
|feeder community
|feeder partner
Teme
relationships
|sex
Exemple
- In that online forum, she identified herself as a feeder looking for a partner.
- The documentary briefly explored the world of feeders and gainers.
- He denied being a feeder and said the relationship was not about weight.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The word "feeder" can also mean a person with a special sexual interest in feeding another person.
- Some websites are made for feeders and their partners.
- In that movie, one character is a feeder and likes to give his girlfriend too much food.
Gramatică
Expresii
bottom feeder
1/bˈɑtəm fˈidɚ/
idiom
informal
person of very low status
A person or organization with very low status that survives by taking only what is left or what others do not want, often in an ugly or dishonest way.
Exemple
- The tabloids are bottom feeders who profit from other people’s scandals.
- That company is a bottom feeder in the market, buying failing businesses for almost nothing.
- Only political bottom feeders would spread such lies about their opponent.
feeder line
1/fˈidɚ lˈaɪn/
fixed phrase
technical
line connecting to main line
A smaller train line, bus line, cable, or similar route that brings things or people to a main line.
Exemple
- A new feeder line will connect the suburbs to the central rail network.
- The company is upgrading the old power feeder line to reduce outages.
- Rural areas depend on a single feeder line for both freight and passenger service.
feeder road
1/fˈidɚ ɹˈoʊd/
fixed phrase
technical
small road to highway
A small road that brings cars from local streets onto a big road or highway.
Exemple
- Traffic was backed up along the feeder road to the highway.
- The city plans to widen the feeder roads to improve access to the new ring road.
- We turned off the feeder road and merged onto the main expressway.
feeder school
1/fˈidɚ skˈul/
fixed phrase
school sending students onward
A school where many students later go to the same next school or program.
Exemple
- This middle school is a major feeder school for Central High.
- Elite universities often have a small group of traditional feeder schools.
- The college has strong ties to several feeder schools in the region.
feeder team
1/fˈidɚ tˈim/
fixed phrase
development team for big club
A smaller sports team that trains and prepares players for a bigger or more famous team.
Exemple
- The local club acts as a feeder team for the national champions.
- Many of their star players started out on a feeder team in the lower league.