To give food to a person or animal

Feed [v T]

Example: Have you fed the cats? I couldn’t come to the phone, I was feeding the baby. Feed sb on sth: The milking cows are fed on a very rich diet. He has to feed a family of four on 10 a day.

Feed sb sth – Feed the patient a little tea and dry toast at first.

Feed up – to give food to a person or animal in order to make them fat or because they are not eating enough [phr vT]

Feed sb/her/them etc up: When I go home during the holiday my Mum always feeds me up.

Feed up sb: We’ll have to start feeding up the turkey for Thanksgiving soon.

Fill in the proper word:

1. Can I get you a drink or … (grub, something to eat, foodstuff)?
2. The farm has invested in a device for storing chicken …, from which the animals can help themselves (food, feed, meals, foodstuff).
3. “Here’s a dollar”, said Michael, tossing some coins to the begging child, “get yourself …“ (foodstuff, dishes, something to eat).
4. The restaurant serves some French … (grub, dishes, delicacies).
5. Restrictions have been imposed to give British farmers protection against the import of foreign … (foodstuffs, delicacies, dishes, grub).
6. Hasan plied us with drinks and an array of Egyptian … which he brought from the kitchen (foodstuff, delicacies, specialities).
7. The horses lifted their heads when the tractor drove past, and then returned to their … (foodstuff, feed, fodder).
8. The policy has resulted in huge surpluses of … that are dumped on world markets at low prices (food, delicacy, specialty, foodstuffs).
9. Vera’s got a job at the hospital, dishing out … and cleaning up (grub, foodstuff, dishes).
10. A growing child needs proper nourishment and parents should ensure that they are providing the right kinds of … (foodstuff, fodder, feed, food).

1. Food

Vegetables: cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, cucumber, courgettes (AmE: zucchini), aubergines (AmE: egg plants), leeks

Meat: venison, liver, kidneys, veal

Fish: cod, hake, plaice, whiting, mackerel, herring, sardine, trout, salmon

Seafood: prawns, shrimps, crab, lobster, crayfish, squid, cockles, mussels, oysters

Herbs: parsley, rosemary, thyme, chives, oregano, tarragon, sage

Spices: curry, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg

I. Divide these vegetable names into groups for example: “found in salads”, “onion-family vegetables”, “grown underground”, “usually long shaped” or other groups: