'Feeder' definitions:
Definition of 'feeder'
(from WordNet)
noun
An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
noun
Someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: eater, feeder]
noun
A branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary]
noun
A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock" [syn: self-feeder, feeder]
noun
An outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds [syn: bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder]
noun
An animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"
Definition of 'Feeder'
From: GCIDE
- Feeder \Feed"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. [1913 Webster]
- A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. [1913 Webster]
- With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A branch railroad, stage line, air route, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. --Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'feeder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actor,
- actress,
- affluent,
- antagonist,
- antihero,
- bad guy,
- barnstormer,
- bayou,
- billabong,
- bit,
- bit part,
- board-and-roomer,
- boarder,
- bon vivant,
- branch,
- Brillat-Savarin,
- cable railway,
- cannibal,
- carnivore,
- cast,
- character,
- character actor,
- character man,
- character woman,
- child actor,
- cog railway,
- confluent,
- confluent stream,
- connoisseur of food,
- consumer,
- cue,
- dendritic drainage pattern,
- diner,
- diner-out,
- diseur,
- diseuse,
- dramatizer,
- eater,
- eater-out,
- effluent,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- epicure,
- fat part,
- feeder line,
- flesh-eater,
- foil,
- fork,
- fruitarian,
- gastronome,
- glutton,
- gourmand,
- gourmet,
- grain-eater,
- graminivore,
- granivore,
- gravity-operated railway,
- heavy,
- herbivore,
- hero,
- heroine,
- high liver,
- histrio,
- histrion,
- horse railway,
- hungry mouth,
- ingenue,
- junction,
- juvenile,
- L,
- lactovegetarian,
- lead,
- lead role,
- leading lady,
- leading man,
- leading woman,
- light railroad,
- line,
- lines,
- Lucullus,
- luncher,
- main line,
- man-eater,
- matinee idol,
- meat-eater,
- metro,
- mime,
- mimer,
- mimic,
- monologist,
- monorail,
- mouth,
- mummer,
- omnivore,
- omophagist,
- pantomime,
- pantomimist,
- pantophagist,
- part,
- person,
- personage,
- phytophage,
- picnicker,
- piece,
- plant-eater,
- playactor,
- player,
- predacean,
- prong,
- protagonist,
- protean actor,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- reciter,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- role,
- Roscius,
- side,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- soubrette,
- stage performer,
- stage player,
- stooge,
- straight man,
- straight part,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- stroller,
- strolling player,
- subway,
- supporting character,
- supporting role,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- title role,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trencherman,
- trestle,
- tributary,
- trolley line,
- trouper,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground,
- utility man,
- vegetarian,
- villain,
- walk-on,
- walking part