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fôre homograph 2, fore homograph 2

verbverb

to feed (animals) · to feed (material into something)

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt fóðra; av fôr (I)feed · fodder Old Norse fóðra; from fôr (I)feed · fodder

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. gi fôr (I)feed · fodder to give feedfôr (I)
    • fôre hestene to feed the horses
  2. mate (2)to feed (with material) to feed (with material)mate (2)
    • fôre en datamaskin med opplysninger to feed data into a computer
    • vi er blitt fôret med stoff om forurensning we have been fed material about pollution

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

fôre opp oppdrette (dyr) to rear (animals) Eng. phraseto fatten up
  • fôre opp gris to rear a pig