Section vs Feed - What's the difference?
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A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
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An act or instance of cutting.
A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
# (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
(surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
(sciences) A thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
(senseid) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
(military) A group of 10-15 soldiers lead by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
(category theory) A right inverse.
(NZ) A piece of residential land usually a quarter of an acre in size; a plot.
(label) A one-mile square area of land, defined by a government survey.
To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
(British) To commit (a person, to a hospital, with or without their consent), as for mental health reasons.
* 1998 , Diana Gittins, Madness in its Place: Narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913-1997 , Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-18388-8,
* Lucy Johnstone, Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice , Second Edition, Routledge (2000), ISBN 978-0-415-21155-0,
* 2006 , Mairi Colme, A Divine Dance of Madness , Chipmunkapublishing, ISBN 978-1-84747-023-2,
(lb) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
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*Bible, (w) xii.20:
*:If thine enemy hunger, feed him.
(lb) To eat (usually of animals).
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
(lb) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
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*2012 December 25 (airdate), (Steven Moffat), The Snowmen'' (''Doctor Who )
*:DR SIMEON: I said I'd feed you. I didn't say who to.
(lb) To give to a machine to be processed.
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(lb) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
*(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
*:feeding him with the hope of liberty
To supply with something.
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To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
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*Mortimer
*:Once in three years feed your mowing lands.
To pass to.
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(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
Something supplied continuously.
The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
(countable) A gathering to eat, especially in quantity
(Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
As nouns the difference between section and feed
is that section is a cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something while feed is (uncountable) food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.As verbs the difference between section and feed
is that section is to cut, divide or separate into pieces while feed is (lb) to give (someone or something) food to eat or feed can be (fee).section
English
(wikipedia section)Noun
(en noun)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}
Synonyms
* (sense) sectio * cutting, slice, snippet * division, part, slice, piece * volumeAntonyms
* wholeCoordinate terms
* (aviation) waterline, buttock lineDerived terms
* cross section * dissection * bisection * quarter section * section road * section gridVerb
(en verb)page 45:
- Tribunals were set up as watchdogs in cases of compulsory detention (sectioning'). Informal patients, however, could be ' sectioned , and this was often a fear of patients once they were in hospital.
page xiv:
- The doctor then sectioned her, making her an involuntary patient, and had her moved to a secure ward.
page 5:
- After explaining that for 7 years, from ’88 to ’95, I was permanently sectioned under the Mental Health act, robbed of my freedom, my integrity, my rights, I wrote at the time;- ¶
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) feden, from (etyl) through Indo-European. More at (l), (l).Verb
West Brom 1-3 Blackburn, passage=Morrison then played a pivotal role in West Brom's equaliser, powering through the middle and feeding Tchoyi, whose low, teasing right-wing cross was poked in by Thomas at the far post}}
Noun
- They sell feed , riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
- a satellite feed
- the paper feed of a printer
- They held a crab feed on the beach.
- I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.