to feed in
1
3.8
- phrasal verb
- /fiːd ɪn/
- Specialized
:
introducir
- Make sure to feed in the data gradually so the machine can process it efficiently.
- feed in the data
- feed in the required parts
It cannot cope with the very, the variables that you have to feed in.
- It cannot cope with the very, the variables that you have to feed in.
- And if Holtz outputs a no, if Holtz works out the code we fed in would loop forever, then this new machine just halts.
- And then we as sort of the game masters are adding and feeding new content in on a weekly basis.
- It was great to get our research directly fed in.
- I came to tell you that you cannot feed in one realm and stay in that realm.
- Now I am turning this waste into nutrient rich dirt that I can feed in my plants.
- So if your value, you know, fitness and you're living a fit lifestyle, you're feeding something in you that that that grows you.
- They're they're fed in these very large circular sea pads that are used that that's they call that the farm.
- I mean, it all feeds in undeniably, but I think understanding that this is the problem that we face is, is the first step.
Examples
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This lever records the setting, so now I can feed in another one.
Fiction book (1993) -
Normally, you're given an online form where you are supposed to feed in some information.
Blog text (13) -
You feed in whatever other conditions you think will matter to the result.
Blog text (1) -
When I get there, we feed in the code and download.
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So a system where we're using waste products from various sources and feeding those in to the actual plant development.
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I want you to feed every street in this grid into your computer.
Fiction book (1992) -
You can use that signal to, you know, feed your supply chain in real time and that creates an enormous capital efficiency.
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"Now, feed in the data," said Sutton.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I'm looking for a steady state and I'm feeding in this source here.
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I feed in the scan data from the raptor skull, then the computer breaks it into thousands of slices which this thing prints, one layer on top of the other.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
726
1.8
To give information and help to a system, idea or feeling
23
4.1
To give information or ideas that change something
3
6.3
To put data into a computer system for use or storage
1
6.7
Send data into a program or service for processing
Antonyms
How Continuously
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to supply or introduce into a system' is directly derivable from 'feed' (to give material/information to a process) combined with the directional particle 'in' (into). This verb + particle composition follows a transparent, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Feed in comes from the simple image of feed (give) + in (into): imagine putting paper into a printer or food into an animal's mouth so the thing goes inside the machine or body. So, it means 'to supply or put something into a process or machine'.