feeding en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfiːdɪŋ/
Etymology
By surface analysis, feed + -ing.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
premium blend for feeding of dairy herds
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(countable) An instance or session of giving food.
optimal intervals between feedings for neonates with weak esophagogastric sphincter
the morning feeding might differ from the evening feeding in protein content
[…] 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 […]
1750, The Universal Magazine, volume 7, page 52:
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(said of animals, uncountable, usually) The act or process of eating.
feeding from round bales is necessary here in winter, when pasturage is ebbed
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(countable, said of animals, usually) An instance or session of eating.
picked up hardware disease during a feeding outside the intended pasture
- (countable, dated, uncountable) That which is eaten: food, feed, or fodder.
- (countable, dated, uncountable) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals.
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(uncountable) The loading of material into a machine that will process it.
caution in the feeding of the No. 3 mill
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| feedings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
like feeding time at the zoo · care and feeding · unfeeding · acquisition feeding time · feeding chair · feeding tube · tube feeding syndrome · feeding bottle · feedingstuff · allofeeding · antifeeding · feeding stuff · feeding frenzy · nonfeeding · Feeding Hills · postfeeding
Hyponyms
tube feeding · types of feeding · force feeding · bottom feeding · deposit feeding · bottlefeeding · mix feeding · cluster feeding · fluid feeding · filter feeding · food-mass feeding · breastfeeding
Translations (17)
ca alimentació (an instance of giving food) · ru пита́ние (an instance of eating) · hu megetetés (an instance of giving food) · hu táplálkozás (an instance of eating) · ny kudyétsa (the act or process of giving food) · hu táplálás (the loading of material into a machine that will process it) · ru кормле́ние (an instance of giving food) · hu etetés (an instance of giving food) · es alimentación (an instance of eating) · he הַאֲכָלָה (an instance of giving food) · sw ulishaji (an instance of giving food) · ru кормёжка (an instance of giving food) · es alimentación (an instance of giving food) · hu evés (an instance of eating) · ar إِطْعَام (an instance of giving food) · bg хранене (an instance of eating) · hu táplálás (an instance of giving food)