Feeding

Quick meaning: Feeding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of feed.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of feed.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

premium blend for feeding of dairy herds

caution in the feeding of the No. 3 mill

picked up hardware disease during a feeding outside the intended pasture

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

Word Forms

• feedings

Synonyms for feeding

Depending on context, synonyms include nourishing, eating.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eating, nourishing, feeder, food, foodstuff, forage.

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