feeder
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈfiːdər/
- Switching systems is trickier if students come to you from a feeder program in which another system is used.
- a feeder stream
- a feeder creek
- a feeder river
Examples
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Merging into the heavy boat traffic of the main canal felt exactly like getting on the highway from a small feeder road.
Blog text (27) -
This is a secondary or feeder flow, this information flow.
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In my RSS feeder, the picture and text were smaller
Blog text (29) -
They drove in under some power lines at dawn, the mallards getting off the little feeder stream before them.
Fiction book (1996) -
During that time, they will run as much water as possible from the Loup River down the feeder canal and into Sherman, and that should bring the water level back up a couple, three feet.
Blog text (1) -
I followed the feeder of the MacArthur Freeway toward a nearby package store, hummed to myself, and pretended to be cheerful.
Fiction book (1997) -
And perfumers should be proud to assume our historic roles as enchanters, soul feeders, sacred pimps, and alchemists.
Fiction book (1990) -
Craftsmen who built, maintained, and repaired the lighters occupied small boatyards in shallow tidal rivulets in the upper reaches of the river and feeder creeks.
Academic text (2016) -
The river flows steadily until it meets a smaller feeder that brings in fresh water.
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Several feeders contribute to the river system, enhancing the ecosystem's complexity.
Synonyms
240
1.4
A small natural stream of water that often flows into a river
186
1.0
A small, narrow flow of water on the ground
22
1.0
A small stream of water that flows in fields or woods
11
4.6
A smaller river that flows into a larger river or lake
4
3.7
A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger one
2
4.5
A small fast stream of water in the countryside
1
9.9
A stream that flows into a larger river
1
7.3
A small narrow stream of water like a tiny brook
1
6.2
A smaller flow of data that is part of a larger stream
A stream that flows into a larger river
Compounds
- Offensive
14
7.7
A person who gains from other people's problems by taking advantage of them
2
6.5
An animal, often a fish, that lives on the bottom of rivers or lakes and eats dead plants and animals
- Specialized
1
4.8
A smaller transport route like a short train or flight that connects towns to a main city
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Feeder comes from feed 'to give', like when a small stream 'feeds' a larger river by adding water. So a feeder is a small river or stream that flows into and supplies a bigger one.