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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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
Supporters from across India are literally feeding "cockroach" education-reform protesters camped in the capital, sending a deluge of pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We are outpricing ourselves and people have to choose feeding themselves/their family vs. taking their pet to the vet,” one respondent said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
They designed an experiment to mimic natural feeding in the wild - using peanuts.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Father and Caesar would be feeding, grooming Belle and Midnight.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
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
Amid all the baby relay baton-passing, middle-of-the-night feedings and breast-milk pumping, I read voraciously.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
He needs to be fed and blessed, to be given some gold and silver, to be patted on the back after feedings and held carefully behind the neck.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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