Support and To feed

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Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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To feed and support are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To feed" with "Support", this terms are similar.

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Support and to feed are semantically related. You can use "Support" instead a verb phrase "To feed".

The loch therefore cannot support a great number of fish that feed on those plants, and thus not many larger fish to feed on the plant-eaters.

Source: More Predators Than Prey
At the same time elephants were very expensive to feed and care for, and being a King's gift it was impossible to use it as a normal working elephant to earn its own support.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Military
In southern Alberta, there was a long-time bachelor who, upon hearing of a recently-widowed woman with several little mouths to feed, proposed marriage to her so that she would have a husband to support her.

Source: Rescue Romance

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