Feeder

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdÉ™(r)

Origin

feed + -er

Full definition of feeder

Noun

1. That which feeds.
2. That which is used to feed.a bird feeder
3. A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
4. A branch line of a railway
5. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
6. (baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher.
7. (video games, derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.Stop feeding! You feeder.
8. The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
• 2010, Niall Richardson, Transgressive BodiesOften similes such as 'soft as velvet' or 'fluffy like a cloud' will be employed and the feeder will describe how he feels he can be lost in the enveloping folds of soft flesh.

Derived terms

• bottom feeder
• feeder cattle
• feeder fish
• feederism

Anagrams

• reefed
• refeed