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[ fee-ding ] / ˈfi dɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR feeding ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that feeds. an instance of eating or of taking or being given nourishment. grazing land. Origin of feedingbefore 900; Middle English feding,Old English fēding.See feed, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM feedingnon·feed·ing, adjectiveun·feed·ing, adjectiveWords nearby feedingfeeder, feeder line, feeder road, feedgrain, feedhorn, feeding, feeding bottle, feeding cup, feeding frenzy, feeding tube, feed-in tariff Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for feedingLouisa also devotes much of her time to feeding underprivileged children in the desolate Kurland Village in South Africa. These Female Contemporaries Weren’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf|Louisa Treger|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Porter was convicted and shortly after sentenced to death by a judge who compared him to a shark in a feeding frenzy. Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project|Jacob Siegel|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST He described going to their home, feeding their dogs, and growing worried. Family's Best Friend Charged With Murdering Them All|Nina Strochlic|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST With the help of mobility aids and a feeding tube, she lived well past her initial prognosis of death by age 4. U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life|Elizabeth Picciuto|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps he had been feeding off the relative youth of Paul, who appeared in need of a long nap by this point. Mitch McConnell’s Big Day: A Turtle Suns Himself|Olivia Nuzzi|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST After feeding our animals, we descended the river till four o'clock, and halted on its banks for the night. Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various Feed upon Him; that is the essential central requirement for all Christian life, and what does feeding on Him mean? Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)|Alexander Maclaren Her father's horse, that had borne him so many years, was feeding in the enclosure. Delusion, or The Witch of New England|Eliza Buckminster Lee They were making cocoa and feeding the boys out of the chalice-cups from the altar. They are thus aware when the feeding hour approaches, when they may go out in the open, etc. Clever Hans|Oskar Pfungst
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