- present participle of feed.
feeding
Americannoun
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feedings
plural
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the act of a person or thing that feeds.
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an instance of eating or of taking or being given nourishment.
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grazing land.
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Etymology
Origin of feeding
before 900; Middle English feding, Old English fēding. See feed, -ing 1
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The feeding behavior of a supermassive black hole can change over thousands of years, making it nearly impossible for astronomers to watch an entire cycle unfold.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The robotics field is pursuing the same playbook that powered the rise of large language models, aiming to teach AI models about the physical world by feeding them as much data as possible.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
“We’re feeding them information on how to sell their data center to us,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
That in turn, de Croo warned, had tightened space for developing countries to access the capital they needed to combat the shocks, with rising interest rates feeding into increasing debt payments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
This limited them to very short feeding periods at dusk.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Chapters in the third person depict the ways that the dog’s uneventful daily life of feedings and naps has been transformed by sickness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Not casually, not as a side project, but with the all-in fervor of someone who rearranges their calendar around starter feedings.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2025
The cub requires four enrichment and feeding sessions every day, with overnight feedings needed in his early days at the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
On its website, Penny Appeal says it provides poverty relief in Asia, the Middle East and Africa by "offering water solutions, organising mass feedings, supporting orphan care and providing emergency food and medical aid".
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
The feedings were repeated three times a day.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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