- present participle of feed.
feeding
Americannoun
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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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Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
More than 325,000 people have fled their homes in the face of the blazes feeding on forests left super-dry by successive heatwaves and lack of rain since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Holt now believes Giaka was a "BS artist" who was out for money and was feeding the CIA fake stories to get paid.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Both have skyrocketed in price as the entire silicon supply chain reorients to feeding the AI infrastructure boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He stood beside her stroking her ear and feeding her potatoes as if he’d been doing it all his life, talking to her all the while.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Rowe regularly traveled to Sawe’s camp in Kenya where they simulated competitive environments and feedings to prepare Sawe’s stomach to handle it—that “gut training” crucial for race day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Among my food-minded friends, I’ve witnessed exchanges that feel almost intimate in their care: Mason jars of peppery bone broth made for a new mother, cold at the edges and vaguely carnivorous during late-night feedings.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025
Biologists had to use a ladder to climb down into the space for his weekly feedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 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
In addition to the daily multitude, those amateur cooks were faced with allergy cases, diabetics, nursing mothers, infants who required special feedings.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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