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feed on vs feed in

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Feed on' is used to describe an animal or organism consuming food, while 'feed in' is used to describe inserting something into a machine or system.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 754 views

feed on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe animals or organisms consuming food.

Use 'feed on' when talking about animals or organisms consuming food. It implies the act of eating or consuming nutrients.

Examples:

Sharks feed on fish and other marine animals.
Vultures feed on carrion.
Mosquitoes feed on blood.
Cows feed on grass in the pasture.
Bears feed on berries and fish in the wild.

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And you force mainstreamers to feed on humans.
The rule is we may feed on trespassers.
You allowed those bugs to feed on them.
They see her feed on a rat and realize she is a vampire.
We cannot feed on our own kind.
To feed on these animals they have grinding plates in their mouths.
These baits encourage the adults to feed on the spray residue.
One ecotype prefers to feed on Adenostoma while the other ecotype prefers to feed on Ceanothus.
Travestes like Gilgamel feed on innocents.
The larvae feed on Citrus and Zanthoxylum species.
There's a second feed on the door.
When they walk upright and feed on temple grain.
Bellies grow empty and men feed on fear.
We'll fight the parasites that feed on the people.
He liked watching the dogs feed on them while they were still breathing.
I saw them... feed on Grandma Helen.
He drinks vervain, she can't feed on him.
This is what those parasites feed on.
Master doesn't feed on humans any more.
I don't feed on living things.

Alternatives:

consume
eat
nourish themselves with
subsist on

feed in

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe inserting something into a machine or system.

Use 'feed in' when talking about inserting something into a machine or system. It implies the action of inputting or supplying something.

Examples:

You need to feed in the paper properly for the printer to work.
The machine requires you to feed in the raw materials from the top.
Make sure to feed in the correct data into the system.
The scanner allows you to feed in multiple documents at once.
The conveyor belt is used to feed in the products for packaging.

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'Reduction of iodine levels in feed in case of hyperthyroidism
From a limited study, there are some indications that exposure of Nile tilapia to endosulfan via feed in tanks caused adverse effects.
The additive shall be incorporated in feed in form of a premixture.
The additive has to be incorporated into feed in the form of a premixture.
It also covers the unintended presence of GM potato in food and other feed in a proportion no higher than 0.9 %.
Sampling of feed in motion (at high flow rates) can be performed by automatic samplers.
Madam President, Commissioner, twelve years after the Belgian dioxin scandal, dioxins have now been found in feed in Germany, a country with a tradition of discipline and reliable institutions.
(iii) laying down special conditions for the food or feed in question;
If an additive belongs to more than one of the functional groups, the group appropriate to its principal function in the case of the feed in question shall be indicated.
laying down special conditions for the food or feed in question;
But Archie left the feed in the bear stable.
They feed in the shallow marsh.
Okay, we feed in 15 seconds.
You have to feed in order to complete the transition.
Get me Professor Eppes on a video feed in the next 20 minutes.
The Wraith must feed in order to live.
Huck's set up a surveillance feed in his office.
It is therefore also reasonable to take account of the presence of serotypes in animal feed in this context.
We don't have a video feed in there, but he should be waiting for your call.
We don't have a video feed in there, but he should be waiting for your call.

Alternatives:

input
insert
supply
load into

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