feed and water

verb

To provide with food and water, or a drink instead in the case of people.

Meanings

verbfeed and water (third-person singular simple present feeds and waters, present participle feeding and watering, simple past and past participle fed and watered)

present singular third person feeds and waters · participle present feeding and watering · participle past fed and watered · past fed and watered

  1. To provide with food and water, or a drink instead in the case of people.

    Bleary-eyed walkers prepared their kit for the final mountain, while the onboard crew fed and watered them, boosting people's energy levels for the last challenge.

    2024 August 7, Paul Bigland, “'3 Peaks by Rail': ain't no mountain high enough”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 51
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