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feed bunked adj. The state of being drunk and arranged along the bar like cattle at a trough. Dolly-rae was feed bunked beside the crisps, facing the same direction as everyone else. feed dogged adj. The drunkenness of one who advances conversation in small, regular movements and then reverses slightly. Arkie was feed dogged, repeating each point with mechanical patience. feed drived adj. Reduced by drink to accepting every doorway as an opening slot. Tara was feed drived and entered the cupboard without protest. feed grained adj. Sufficiently drunk to break speech into coarse, separate particles before assembling an answer. Tyrees got feed grained and delivered his explanation in short, unconnected handfuls. feed headed adj. Softened by drink into a person whose thoughts are supplied from a small tank overhead. Reiya was feed headed and needed several minutes to produce each answer. feed heatered adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who warms every explanation before delivering it. Lomond was feed heatered and carefully preheated the subject of taxis. feed horned adj. Drunk to the point where every round is broadcast towards the person reflecting it back. Satvik got feed horned and directed the last round towards the brightest face in the room. feed lined adj. Drunk by closing time, and connected to the bar by a route carrying every further request. Dorne was feed lined and sent one final order along the crowded bar. feed milled adj. Loosened by drink into a person who turns provisions into a small industrial undertaking. Kahmya was feed milled and organised the bar snacks by apparent yield. feed pumped adj. Slowed by drink to the rate at which a boiler accepts water. Hawo was feed pumped and took one careful minute per step. feed watered adj. Drunk to the extent of requiring replenishment after every operation, like a boiler with a disapproving engineer. Ambi was feed watered, requesting another glass as though the boiler had sprung a leak. feed zoned adj. Drunk and permitted to receive provisions only at designated points along the route home. Silbia was feed zoned, stopping at each bench for crisps and water. feed-backed adj. Drunk to a degree that every remark receives an assessment and prompts another. Neiya was feed-backed and reviewed each suggestion before making it again. feed-bagged adj. Reduced by drink to negotiating each stair as though it were a separate feeding station. Rinley got feed-bagged and paused halfway upstairs to consider the next step. feed-forwarded adj. Drunk by the third round, and leaning into the next movement before the present one is finished. Lucelia became feed-forwarded and arrived at each stair before her feet had agreed. feed-horned adj. Drunk enough to funnel every conversation towards the one person still listening. Rei became feed-horned before last orders and addressed the nearest patient stranger.