self-feed
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of self-feed
First recorded in 1865–70
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This tool holding or driving spindle is threaded at its back end, passing through a nut which causes it to self-feed from left to right, or in other words, towards the work table.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
For this self-feed plan it is claimed that both feed and labor are saved, thus reducing production costs.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
As a young reader, he was drawn to authors like Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe, part of what he called a self-fed “very steady diet of horror.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
Somewhere between the rivers Pembina and M'Leod the travellers were amazed to see what the wise ones in the party thought a volcano—a continuous and self-fed fire burning on the crown of a hill.
From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
All the blessings of salvation rise from the unmotived, self-impelled, self-fed divine love and purpose.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander
I will faithful move with thee, God-ordered, self-fed energy.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
Steadiest and strongest is self-fed passion springing in spite of circumstance.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
When shopping for baby products, Which? advises parents not to buy any self-feeding aid, and that babies under the age of one do not need a pillow to sleep at night.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
As the baseball world shut down, Call bought a portable Junior Hack Attack hitting machine with a self-feeding ball dispenser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
They can do that only by buying shares of the stock, which can set off a self-feeding cycle that makes the price shoot even higher.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
The self-feeding private sector pessimism is fuelling calls from some prominent Chinese economists for the state to back off.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2022
The self-feeding plan of growing hogs gives best results when the animals are given access to growing forage crops.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
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