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单词 self-feed
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self-feed

[ self-feed, self- ]
/ ˌsɛlfˈfid, ˈsɛlf- /

verb (used with object), self-fed, self-feed·ing.Agriculture.

to provide a supply of food to (animals) so as to allow them to eat as much and as often as they want.Compare hand-feed (def. 1).

Origin of self-feed

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby self-feed

self-executing, self-exile, self-existent, self-explanatory, self-expression, self-feed, self-feeder, self-fertile, self-fertilization, self-financing, self-flattery
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Example sentences from the Web for self-feed

  • For this self-feed plan it is claimed that both feed and labor are saved, thus reducing production costs.

    Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry|Pratt Food Co.
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