āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
feed on
/fËiËd ËÉn/
feed upon
to feed on
[phrase form: feed]
01
āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to regularly eat a specific type of food to stay alive and grow
Transitive: to feed on a certain type of food
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Microorganisms in the soil feed on organic matter, contributing to nutrient cycling.
āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻŖā§āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§, āĻĒā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to increase or gain power from a particular source
Transitive: to feed on a situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Addiction feeds on isolation.
āĻāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
