feeder

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfidɚ/ Rhymes: -iːdə(ɹ) === Noun === feeder (plural feeders) One who feeds, or gives food to another. The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee). One who feeds, or takes in food. One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine). Coordinate terms: feed, feedbin, hopper Hyponyms: barfeed, barfeeder That which is used to feed. A tributary stream, especially of a canal. A branch line of a railway. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter. (education) Ellipsis of feeder school. (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship. (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court. (baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher. (video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side. (obsolete) One who abets another. (obsolete) A parasite. (mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “feeder”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === ferede, reefed, refeed