hand-feed
Agriculture. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals.: Compare self-feed.
to feed (an animal or person) by hand: The students hand-fed the baby monkeys with an eyedropper.
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How to use hand-feed in a sentence
Watch the scuba diver hand feed giant turtles, sting rays and even the menacing moray eels in the Hawaiian Reef Tank.
Oahu Traveler's guide | Bill GleasnerTry and grow a bit of hand-feed for your cows as a stand-by, no matter how good a dairying district you're in.
From Chart House to Bush Hut | Charles W. L. BrydeHe carried the slop-buckets to the pigsty for her, and helped to poddy (hand feed) a young calf.
While the Billy Boils | Henry LawsonThe test for range can be carried out by any ordinary hand-feed lamp.
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions | Henry C. HorstmannAll portable stage lamps are hand feed and require close attention on the part of operators.
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions | Henry C. Horstmann
British Dictionary definitions for handfeed
/ (ˈhændˌfiːd) /
to feed (a person or an animal) by hand
agriculture to give food to (poultry or livestock) in fixed amounts and at fixed times, rather than use a self-feeding system
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