Spy Car Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'm stumped. I feed (or fed) my child a sandwich. Do we "feed" them milk, or water? Or do we? I suppose we could arguably say "hydrate" but it seems wrong for such a common (and life-requiring) everyday function of our lives. Is seems like there shold be a word for this but I'm at a loss. Have I gone brain-dead? :tongue_smilie: Help me out. What's the word? Hive-mind come to my rescue! Bill ETA: Two typos in the un-editable part...maybe I really am brain-dead??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I don't think there is a verb for that. 'quench their thirst' is the only thing I can think of..... With animals we 'feed and water' & I tend to say that about kids & guests as well :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'd say that I fed the kids and gave them a drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 I don't think there is a verb for that. 'quench their thirst' is the only thing I can think of..... With animals we 'feed and water' & I tend to say that about kids & guests as well :D I'd say that I fed the kids and gave them a drink. Yea. I "gave" him a drink. That's what I'd say. How weird is it that we don't have a verb for this??? More than half my life has likely passed, so I'm glad I finally caught this "problem" :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 With animals we 'feed and water' & I tend to say that about kids & guests as well :D Yup. The kids feed and water the pets, and I feed and water the kids. Even if it's usually milk. :tongue_smilie: This is actually something I've thought about in the past. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who sits and ponders these things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 We sate them? They are sated? We sate their thirst? Oh, well, I said it was a long shot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I think we should 'drink' them. :D Or, if it is juice, we 'juice' them. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 ETA: Two typos in the un-editable part...maybe I really am brain-dead??? hmmmm.... That wasn't part of the question you wanted answered, was it? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Actually, I think it's just "feed", under the "to provide with sustenance" or "provide for consumption" definitions. If you provide good food and drink, then you can use "regale". With animals we 'feed and water' & I tend to say that about kids & guests as well That's what we do, here, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 How about moisten? Irrigate? :lol: It really is bizarre that we don't have a commonly used verb for this action. I mean, it happens several times a day, every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Do we "feed" them milk, or water? Or do we? hmmmm.... That wasn't part of the question you wanted answered, was it? :D It's even worse than I thought :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 We sate them? They are sated? We sate their thirst? Oh, well, I said it was a long shot... Or we could slake their thirst. But we couldn't "slake" them some water, right? I thought we were supposed to have the richest vocabulary of any language? This seems like a major lapse. Bill (who hope's this question is diving you [all] as crazy as it's making me :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Bill (who hope's this question is diving you [all] as crazy as it's making me :D) Bill, Bill, Bill, really "diving"? :D (stepping aside to avoid collateral damage from the lightning strikes) :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Bill, Bill, Bill, really "diving"? :D(stepping aside to avoid collateral damage from the lightning strikes) :leaving: I sense a disturbance in "the force" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellMom Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I would say hydrate! That's the first word that popped into my mind when I read the title of your thread, before I read any comments! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I think this is why we said, "Beer me" in college when we wanted more moisture. (Yeah, college...cuz that's when I drank beer...):cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 We "soak" them. No, wait, that's something else entirely.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 I would say hydrate! That's the first word that popped into my mind when I read the title of your thread, before I read any comments! :) We use hydrate frequently. I used to laugh when my son was really young and he'd say: Daddy, I need to get hydrated Now (at 4.5) it seems "normal". But still. It's weird this is our best choice. I hydrated my guests, while my wife prepared dinner? Does that work? Not really, no? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I solved the problem of not having a word for this by refusing to give my kids anything to drink ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 refresh See definition 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 refresh See definition 4. Intruder alert, intruder alert! Warning Will Robinson we have a threadkiller among us.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Intruder alert, intruder alert! Warning Will Robinson we have a threadkiller among us.:lol: OMgoodness! I'm always pulling the "DANGER Will Robinson" routine on my kids and they have no clue.. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma Bear Up North Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Ok, for those of us in the frozen tundra I can see how we could get onto a subject as this and run with it for ever, keeping us entertained. But ( in jest) you need to get out more.:lol: We have a small hobby farm in WI, so we tend to say feed & water the animals and the kids. sometimes we just soak them w/ the hose (of course we'll wait until its a bit warmer). I hope you have more of these to ponder. they are fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 We have a small hobby farm in WI.... I've never tried "hobby"...does it taste like chicken? :tongue_smilie: No one will believe this story (I wouldn't) but the 4.5 year-old just arrived home toting a bottle of water, and announced: I needed to get hydrated so Mommy bought me a bottle of nice spring-water Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 No one will believe this story (I wouldn't) but the 4.5 year-old just arrived home toting a bottle of water, and announced: I needed to get hydrated so Mommy bought me a bottle of nice spring-water Bill :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 This is why I only give mine water. That way I can feed and water them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Maybe we're lacking the appropriate verb because you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink? (but then I guess you can't make 'em eat either....), oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 This is why I only give mine water. That way I can feed and water them! I'm always saying, Let's get the kids fed and watered, or I fed and watered the boys. Slake is such a marvelous word. Too bad it doesn't work. I fed and slaked the children sounds almost violent. But it reminded me of "ruthless" for some reason. You always hear about people being ruthless, but no one is ever ruth. Spell check doesn't even like it, because it wants ruth to be a proper noun with a capital "r" - how do you like that? I think you should stick to hydrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Color me stumped! My natural inclination is to go with hydrate, but I would never in a million years say that. We do feed and water the dog though....kind of like a plant ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanie Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I'm stumped. I feed (or fed) my child a sandwich. Do we "feed" them milk, or water? Or do we? I suppose we could arguably say "hydrate" but it seems wrong for such a common (and life-requiring) everyday function of our lives. Is seems like there shold be a word for this but I'm at a loss. Have I gone brain-dead? :tongue_smilie: Help me out. What's the word? Hive-mind come to my rescue! Bill ETA: Two typos in the un-editable part...maybe I really am brain-dead??? We "wet our whistles". Here's how it goes..."Mom, I'm thirsty." "Ok, let me get you something to wet yo0ur whistle." Ok, this may be a southern thing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I'm always saying, Let's get the kids fed and watered, or I fed and watered the boys. Slake is such a marvelous word. Too bad it doesn't work. I fed and slaked the children sounds almost violent. But it reminded me of "ruthless" for some reason. You always hear about people being ruthless, but no one is ever ruth. Spell check doesn't even like it, because it wants ruth to be a proper noun with a capital "r" - how do you like that? I think you should stick to hydrate. That reminds me of something I thought about earlier today. We say inept, do we say ept for someone capable? Ept gets a red underline from spell check so I suppose it isn't a word. I checked a couple online thesaurus' for the word "hydrate." There is no other word for it. What about quench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I just love you guys! I LOVE discussions like this about words. Poor dh, his eyes just glaze over when I get going on topics like this! I have nothing helpful to add, just wanted to let you all know how much I've enjoyed reading this. Oh, and that I'm going to try to incorporate "odds my bodkins!" into my vocabulary. Anyone else want to join me? “Odds my bodkins, A beanstalk. And all the way up to the sky, too.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 What about quench? But you couldn't say: I quenched the kids. I quenched their thirst works, but it's not really an analogue of "fed," do you think? This seems so basic, but........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 (edited) Is seems like there shold be a word for this but I'm at a loss. Bill, Bill, Bill, really "diving"? :D You missed a couple :D Edited January 17, 2009 by Spy Car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 But you couldn't say: I quenched the kids. I quenched their thirst works, but it's not really an analogue of "fed," do you think? This seems so basic, but........ No, probably not. Reading it that way makes me think that you got the kids wet. We should come up with our own verb and start popularizing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 We "wet our whistles". Here's how it goes..."Mom, I'm thirsty." "Ok, let me get you something to wet yo0ur whistle." Ok, this may be a southern thing!! Shoot! I always thought it was "wHet your whistle" not "wet." Though "wet" seems perfectly perfect. It is, after all, what you're doing with that whistle. Wet your whistle reminds me of the expression, "you're a sight for sore eyes." I bet they were both used on the Waltons or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 That reminds me of something I thought about earlier today. We say inept, do we say ept for someone capable? Ept gets a red underline from spell check so I suppose it isn't a word. I checked a couple online thesaurus' for the word "hydrate." There is no other word for it. What about quench? I think "apt" might be close to an antonym for inept. They both have to do with "fitness" or "aptitude" or lack thereof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Mom Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I'm stumped. I feed (or fed) my child a sandwich. Do we "feed" them milk, or water? Or do we? I suppose we could arguably say "hydrate" but it seems wrong for such a common (and life-requiring) everyday function of our lives. Is seems like there shold be a word for this but I'm at a loss. Okay, so let me get this straight, your post title asks "if we give food we feed, if we give drink we____" Well "food" is a noun, and the verb is "feed". "Drink" on the other hand is a verb, not a noun. So I don't think your comparing apples to apples so to speak. So, in that line of thought I don't think there's an answer. If that doesn't make sense then I blame it on the second glass of red wine sitting next me, in which case the answer is "I drunk", but I really don't think that's the case, I think it's a trick question. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Mom Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Okay, yeah, yeah, I know, you don't have to tell me, drink can be a noun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hey. This noun / verb thing got me to thinking. These days, people are always taking perfectly respectable nouns and making them into verbs: journal, for instance. "I'll journal around this problem and see if I can come to some resolution." I personally hate it. But what about "beverage?" We could feed our children and beverage them! Yeah. That's it! Nicole, who hasn't even had one glass of wine tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 and what your are finding re. missing verbs (or not finding, in this case) he took as license to coin new words. So, how 'bout you try something Shakespearian and invent us a new word. It'll become a hiv-ism and your prowess as a wordsmith will live on in *fabulosity*! :lol: (only partially kidding) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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