feed onto sth

[magdalena]

to feed into sth - what does it mean?

 

[riverkid]

to feed into sth - what does it mean?

Your title has 'onto' and your question has 'into', Magdalena.

More context would be helpful in determining the meaning.

One example:

This conveyor belt feeds onto that conveyor belt over there.

This conveyor belt feed the crushed rock into the roller mills where the rock is pulverized and mixed with water to form a slurry.

 

[magdalena]

I don't remember the exact context but it had more abstract meaning, and with 'into'. I'll ask when I come across it again Thanks! Magda

 

[vil]

Hi Magdalena,

There are a few examples:

feed something into something

Figures are fed into the computer, which then predicts the likely profit.

feed something into/through something

A tube was fed down the patient's throat into her stomach.

feed something into something

She fed her last two coins into the machine for a cup of coffee.

Regards.


V.

 

[Anglika]

Did you perhaps meet "feed on something"?

 

[riverkid]

I don't remember the exact context but it had more abstract meaning, and with 'into'. I'll ask when I come across it again Thanks! Magda

Here are two abstract examples that I found, Magda, from feeding in "we feed into each other" into an exact phrase google.

Wow, that was a mouthful of prepositions!

We feed into each other's programmes. It seems obvious, but it doesn't happen in a lot of companies. I get pleasure out of that synergy. ...

We feed into each other’s lives and hopefully we’re making each other better. The reality of it is that my sphere of influence also includes my waitress at ...

 

[magdalena]

Thanks!