Dictionary

refeed en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English feed English refeed From re- + feed.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of giving food again.
   • For this reason, you may wish to schedule a refeed on a day when you're not working, so that you're not dealing with the fatigue that can accompany wide blood sugar swings. 2005, Lyle McDonald, A Guide To Flexible Dieting, page 49:
2. (countable, uncountable) The feeding of material back into a machine.
3. (countable, uncountable) A retransmission.
   • The network also provides a refeed of programs which schools feel warrant repeating […] Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission, Annual Report - Volume 7, Parts 1974-1975
   • During the current season, PBS will transmit […] 1,482 hours of program transmission and 2,366 hours of refeeds, station services, and regional split. 1973, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power, Public Broadcasting - 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, page 29:

Forms

Translations (2)

es realimentación (process of feeding again) · pl ponowne karmienie (process of feeding again)

refeed en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English feed English refeed From re- + feed.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
   • It's natural if you are coming out of a dieted state to see a rapid surge in appetite as you begin refeeding. 2013, Matt Stone, Diet Recovery 2, page 47:
   • The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks. 1997, David M. Garner, “Psychoeducational principles in treatment”, in Garner & Garfinkel, editors, Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, 2nd ed., →ISBN, page 156:
2. (transitive) To feed (material) back into a machine.
3. (transitive) To feed material back into (a machine).
   • The printer was refed with paper.

Forms

Deriveds

refeeder · refeeding syndrome

Translations (3)

es realimentar (to feed again) · pl nakarmić ponownie (to feed again) · pl karmić ponownie (to feed again)