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Phalanx
12-02-2007, 04:59 AM
To feed...is to what?
Give food to? Provide with sustenance...etc?

So, what is to "give drink to"?
I was just pondering this the other day.

"water" seems a likely option, but, not really all that much so. It's more specific to water, and providing it to any manner of plant or creature...

I began to think of the word beverage...and thought about how it might be used in this sense, and my research turned up:
Bever
\Be"ver\, n. [OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF. beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere.] A light repast between meals; a lunch. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

Er...bit of random junk there, but it seems a likely contender...however, still doesn't seem to cover it entirely...is this word, as close as we can come to the liquid equivalent of "feed"?

Maybe Waver? I 'unno...

newb
12-02-2007, 07:32 AM
To hydrate?


I prefer "To Beer".

Despare
12-02-2007, 08:22 AM
John fed his little sister and gave her something to drink.

Phalanx
12-02-2007, 11:37 AM
John fed his little sister and gave her something to drink.
But...no verb?

To hydrate?
Almost...but still not quite there, imo...


The question continues.

X¤MurderDoll¤X
12-02-2007, 01:24 PM
to give drink to is to feed aswell

another question answered.

crabapple
12-02-2007, 09:35 PM
Take the horses outside and water them. We must water teh horses.
Stick the horses in the water and do drink upon them. Drink the pond on them.

Despare
12-03-2007, 05:53 AM
You can also feed lines to an actor or feed paper into a shredder. That word isn't just a verb for providing food to.

ChronoGrl
12-03-2007, 06:19 PM
to give drink to is to feed aswell

another question answered.

To feed the plants...
The plants feed...
The plants feed on me.


Feed, plants, feed.