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Definitions for Feeding

[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.
[4] to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child.
[5] to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed 10 generations.
[6] to provide as food.
[7] to furnish for consumption.
[8] to satisfy; minister to; gratify: Poetry feeds the imagination.
[9] to supply for maintenance or operation, as to a machine: to feed paper into a photocopier.
[10] to provide with the necessary materials for development, maintenance, or operation: to feed a printing press with paper.
[11] to use (land) as pasture.
[12] Theater Informal . to supply (an actor, especially a comedian) with lines or action, the responses to which are expected to elicit laughter. to provide cues to (an actor). Chiefly British . to prompt: Stand in the wings and feed them their lines.
[13] Radio and Television . to distribute (a local broadcast) via satellite or network.
[14] (especially of animals) to take food; eat: cows feeding in a meadow; to feed well.
[15] to be nourished or gratified; subsist: to feed on grass; to feed on thoughts of revenge.
[16] food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
[17] an allowance, portion, or supply of such food.
[18] Informal . a meal, especially a lavish one.
[19] the act of feeding.
[20] the act or process of feeding a furnace, machine, etc.
[21] the material, or the amount of it, so fed or supplied.
[22] a feeding mechanism.
[23] Electricity . feeder(def 10) .
[24] Theater Informal . a line spoken by one actor, the response to which by another actor is expected to cause laughter. an actor, especially a straight man, who provides such lines.
[25] a local television broadcast distributed by satellite or network to a much wider audience, especially nationwide or international.
[26] Digital Technology . a website or application that publishes updates from social media or news-collection websites in reverse chronological order: I follow all of the latest celebrity gossip in my Twitter feed. an XML-based web document that is updated automatically at predetermined intervals and includes descriptive titles or short descriptions and links to recent pages on a website: Subscribe to news feeds to get the latest news from around the world.
[27] to give food to to feed the cat
[28] to give as food to feed meat to the cat
[29] (intr) to eat food the horses feed at noon
[30] to provide food for these supplies can feed 10 million people
[31] to provide what is necessary for the existence or development of to feed one's imagination
[32] to gratify; satisfy to feed one's eyes on a beautiful sight
[33] (also intr) to supply (a machine, furnace, etc) with (the necessary materials or fuel) for its operation, or (of such materials) to flow or move forwards into a machine, etc
[34] to use (land) as grazing
[35] theatre informal to cue (an actor, esp a comedian) with lines or actions
[36] sport to pass a ball to (a team-mate)
[37] electronics to introduce (electrical energy) into a circuit, esp by means of a feeder
[38] (also intr; foll by on or upon) to eat or cause to eat
[39] the act or an instance of feeding
[40] food, esp that of animals or babies
[41] the process of supplying a machine or furnace with a material or fuel
[42] the quantity of material or fuel so supplied
[43] computing a facility allowing web users to receive news headlines and updates on their browser from a website as soon as they are published
[44] the rate of advance of a cutting tool in a lathe, drill, etc
[45] a mechanism that supplies material or fuel or controls the rate of advance of a cutting tool
[46] theatre informal a performer, esp a straight man, who provides cues
[47] informal a meal

Words related to Feeding

satisfy, bolster, nourish, supply, provide, give, deliver, encourage, maintain, sustain, stuff, fuel, find, fill, cram, dine, strengthen, dispense, support, feast

Words nearby Feeding

feeder, feeder line, feeder road, feedgrain, feedhorn, feeding, feeding bottle, feeding cup, feeding frenzy, feeding tube, feedlot

Origin of Feeding

before 950; Middle English feden, Old English fēdan; cognate with Gothic fodjan, Old Saxon fōdian. See food

Other words from Feeding

non·feed·ing , adjective
un·feed·ing , adjective
feed·a·ble , adjective
out·feed , verb (used with object), out·fed, out·feed·ing.
re·feed , verb, re·fed, re·feed·ing.
un·feed·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Feeding

Old English fēdan ; related to Old Norse fœtha to feed, Old High German fuotan , Gothic fōthjan ; see food , fodder

Synonyms for Feeding

bolster, deliver, encourage, fill, find, fuel, give, maintain, nourish, provide, satisfy, stuff, supply, sustain, banquet, cater, cram, dine, dispense, fatten, feast, foster, furnish, gorge, hand, minister, nurse, nurture, provision, regale, stock, strengthen, support, victual, dish out, hand over, wine and dine