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.
Other Word Forms
- nonfeeding adjective
- unfeeding adjective
Etymology
Origin of feeding
before 900; Middle English feding, Old English fēding. See feed, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Taking out the trash turns into a game of feeding the trash monster.
Dr. Wachter likens the situation to having “a baby that required constant feeding and diaper changes but never smiled at you.”
As the Norwegian press accused foreign media of “feasting on the chaos,” the start of the Olympics ushered in an outright feeding frenzy.
His mom had been feeding him, and it was strained apricots, one of his favorites.
From Literature
The findings are now feeding into wider conservation and habitat-management plans.
From BBC
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