prefeed en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + feed.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Prior to feeding.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
prefeed en · NOUN
Etymology
From pre- + feed.
Meanings
-
(uncountable) Feed provided prior to some other operation (typically baiting).
The restricted placement of prefeed does not impede rapid discovery by possums: a field study of the movements of 22 radio collared possums showed that most were immediately attracted from as far away as 250m to a line of prefeed (visits peaking on the second day of prefeed availability), and possums continued to look for bait for up to 18 days after all bait was removed.
2015 July 29, “Aerial Prefeeding Followed by Ground Based Toxic Baiting for More Efficient and Acceptable Poisoning of Invasive Small Mammalian Pests”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
prefeed en · VERB
Etymology
From pre- + feed.
Meanings
- (transitive) To feed material into a machine, etc. in preparation for some process.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prefeeds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| prefed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| prefed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| prefeeding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |