FEEDS (ON, UPON, OR OFF) Synonyms: 11 Similar Words

feeds (on, upon, or off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of feed (on, upon, or off)

as in stalks

to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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Hell stalks the delegates of Lethe House in the conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
So instead of cruising neighborhoods the way God and nature intended, Rodriguez stalks a captive audience.

— Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of stalks

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Six such accounts make up the series as Hojo chases the truth behind them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
For anyone who grinds fresh every morning and chases single-origin lots, online talk about mold and mycotoxins in coffee tends to raise a practical question about how the stuff gets onto beans in the first place.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of chases

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The species, native to Western Europe and Africa, has few predators, aggressively hunts its prey, and can consume a wide variety of shellfish, including oysters, clams, mussels, lobsters, and other crabs.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
They are trapped inside and have to complete six games and escape for a supernatural figure hunts them down.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of hunts

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This overfeeding triggers a runaway nuclear explosion that usually destroys the white dwarf.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The more useful skill for leaders and investors is learning to distinguish between a problem that destroys value and one that can be solved in a way that creates it.

— Michael Ligon, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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