feeder

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who feeds, or gives food to another.

2. 2

   One who feeds, or takes in food.

   • The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than the wild-cat; […]
   • There are many who are dietarians in theory, but liberal feeders in practice. They suppose or maintain that it is a duty to deny oneself of all luxuries at the table, but practically they take the best that they can get.
3. 3

   One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).

   • When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.
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   1. 4

      That which is used to feed.

      • bird feeder
   2. 5

      A tributary stream, especially of a canal.

   3. 6

      A branch line of a railway.

      • This line, described as a valuable feeder to the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, was opened on July 8, 1836, and superseded the older wagonway.
      • Another factor to be allowed for in establishing the remunerativeness of a service was its value as a feeder to the rest of the system.
   4. 7

      A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a…

      A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.

   5. 8

      Ellipsis of feeder school.

   6. 9

      A feeder ship.

   7. 10

      A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.

   8. 11

      The pitcher.

   9. 12

      A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once,…

      A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.

   10. 13

       One who abets another.

       • Go with me; if you like upon report The soil, the profit, and this kind of life, I will your very faithful feeder be, And buy it with your gold right suddenly.
   11. 14

       A parasite.

   12. 15

       Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).

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