Feeding

/ˈfiːdɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of feed.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of feed
2. (uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
3. (countable) An instance or session of giving food.
4. (uncountable, usually said of animals) The act or process of eating.
5. (countable, usually said of animals) An instance or session of eating.
6. (dated) That which is eaten: food, feed, or fodder.
7. (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals.
8. (uncountable) The loading of material into a machine that will process it.

Example Sentences

premium blend for feeding of dairy herds

the morning feeding might differ from the evening feeding in protein content

optimal intervals between feedings for neonates with weak esophagogastric sphincter

[…] they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand clawings, he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear […]

feeding from round bales is necessary here in winter, when pasturage is ebbed

picked up hardware disease during a feeding outside the intended pasture

caution in the feeding of the No. 3 mill

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• feedings

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