cattle feed

Mira otros diccionarios:

• feed — ▪ I. feed feed 1 [fiːd] verb fed PTandPP [fed] [intransitive, transitive] to pass to a later stage in a process or system: feed into something • The data is fed into computers for analysis …   Financial and business terms

• cattle — cattleless, adj. /kat l/, n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. bovine animals, esp. domesticated members of the genus Bos. 2. Bib. such animals together with other domesticated quadrupeds, as horses, swine, etc. 3. Disparaging. human beings. [1175 1225; ME …   Universalium

• feed grain — noun grain grown for cattle feed • Hypernyms: ↑feed, ↑provender * * * feed grain, grain used as livestock feed: »Corn, wheat, and sorghum are feed grains …   Useful english dictionary

• feed — vb Feed, nourish, pasture, graze are comparable when they mean to provide the food that one needs or desires. Feed is the comprehensive term applicable not only to persons and animals but also to plants and, by extension, to whatever consumes… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Cattle mutilation — (also known as bovine excision[1]) is the apparent killing and mutilation of cattle under unusual or anomalous circumstances. Sheep and horses have allegedly been mutilated under similar circumstances. A hallmark of these incidents is the… …   Wikipedia

• Feed — (f[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fed} (f[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Feeding}.] [AS. f[=e]dan, fr. f[=o]da food; akin to OS. f[=o]dian, OFries. f[=e]da, f[=o]da, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f[ae][eth]a, Sw. f[ o]da, Dan. f[ o]de. [root]75. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Feed — Feed, v. i. 1. To take food; to eat. [1913 Webster] Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it would not feed. De Foe. [1913 Webster] 2. To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one s self (upon something); to prey; with on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• feed|lot — feed lot, or feed|lot «FEED LOT», noun. an establishment, often a farm, near a slaughtering center, where cattle shipped from a distance are fattened for the market …   Useful english dictionary

• feed lot — feed lot, or feed|lot «FEED LOT», noun. an establishment, often a farm, near a slaughtering center, where cattle shipped from a distance are fattened for the market …   Useful english dictionary

• cattle feeder — cattle feeder, a device for supplying feed in regulated quantities to racks or mangers …   Useful english dictionary

• Cattle feeding — Different cattle feeding production systems have separate advantages and disadvantages. Most cows have a diet that is composed of at least some forage (grass, legumes, or silage). In fact most beef cattle are raised on pasture from birth in the… …   Wikipedia