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free-feed en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To allow (an animal or person) to eat whenever they choose, rather than on a fixed schedule.
    • Don't free-feed your poodle while you're housetraining. 2004, The Everything Poodle Book, →ISBN:
  2. (intransitive) To eat whenever one chooses, rather than on a fixed schedule.
    • Your dog free-feeds, meaning he eats whenever he wants. 2014, Kari Neumeyer, Bark and Lunge: Saving My Dog from Training Mistakes:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
freefeed alternative lexicographic
free-feeding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
free-fed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
free-fed Tense=Past lexicographic
free-feeds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic