먹이다
Meanings
Verb
1. causative of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”) (transitive)
a. to make someone eat, to feed (transitive)
b. to shock, to scare (transitive)
c. to cause to suffer (e.g. abuse, criticism, scolding, telling off), to scold (transitive)
d. to bribe, to pay off (colloquial, transitive)
e. to score (a goal against the opposing team) (sports, transitive)
f. to hit, to kick, to beat (vulgar, transitive)
g. to cause to spread (e.g. oil through paper), to starch clothes (transitive)
h. to put in a machine (e.g. raw ingredients, grass, sheaf of rice) (transitive)
2. to raise, to take care of, to feed (livestock)
Pronunciation
meogida
Examples8
밥을 먹이다
to feed
소를 먹이는 일
taking care of a cow
한 방 먹이다
to strike a blow
나는 가족을 먹여 살리기 위해 열심히 일했다.
I worked hard in order to support my family.
엿을 먹이다
(slang) to screw someone over; literally “to make someone eat yeot”
그런 좋은 약임메? 재우 재우 먹여 줍쎄.
Is the medicine really that good? Feed it [to the lion] at once.