FEED UPON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Be sustained by

Example:

He fed on the great ideas of her mentor

Synonyms:

feed on; feed upon

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "feed upon" is one way to...):

conform to; fill; fit; fulfil; fulfill; meet; satisfy (fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something