Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
To nourish, give food to, or sustain.
Modern meaning
A stream of posts, data, or updates delivered to a user.
Research lens
One of the strongest modern attention metaphors because it quietly turns information consumption into appetite.
Meaning trail
Root
nourish
Food and sustaining life came first.
Bridge
supply continuously
Fuel, material, and information could all be fed.
Now
content stream
Platforms made the metaphor behavioral.