feeding

[fee-ding]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that feeds.

2. an instance of eating or of taking or being given nourishment.

3. grazing land.

Other Word Forms

• nonfeeding adjective
• unfeeding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of feeding¹

before 900; Middle English feding, Old English fēding. See feed, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"It's a great step forward in helping children with the weaning process, with feeding and healthy eating," she said.

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Meanwhile, the cost of insuring those bonds using credit-default swaps also has climbed, with negative sentiments from different groups of investors feeding into each other.

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But, as financial and economics writer Morgan Harman notes in a succinct essay, the benefits of feeding the hungry go far beyond the obvious immediate economic ones:

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By feeding the hatchlings while placing them in a particular magnetic field, the researchers trained them to perform this dance whenever they later encountered that same magnetic signature.

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This feeding frenzy, called hyperphagia, drives them farther from their usual range and into neighborhood dumpsters in search of easy meals.

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• agriculture 
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