feeding
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- noun
- /ˈfiːdɪŋ/
:
alimentación
- During the summer, children enjoy feeding the ducks at the pond every afternoon.
- breast-feeding
- infant feeding
- child feeding
GLP one tends to inhibit feeding and tends to reduce appetite.
- GLP one tends to inhibit feeding and tends to reduce appetite.
- It's just maybe shrinking that feeding window to the daylight hours.
Examples
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You start your day by feeding all the animals.
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The guests sat at round tables and, after the feeding, couples got up to dance.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kids love coming out here and feeding these guys every single day.
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These guys are probably on their way to some feeding ground.
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Are you here for the feeding?
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The huge grass-eaters spend too much time feeding, and the predators sleep all the time.
Fiction book (1994) -
The patient was hospitalized because of feeding difficulties and refused the offered chemotherapy.
Academic text (2008) -
Provision of lumps of common salt in feeding troughs was a common practice at all three farms.
Academic text (2015) -
Parental intentions notwithstanding, concern about weight may lead to restrictive feeding practices and detrimental comments.
Academic text (2012) -
The young mother spent hours feeding her baby and keeping him happy.
Synonyms
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Putting food into your mouth and swallowing
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How a person gets and uses food to stay healthy and grow
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Food and drink needed for growth and health
The act of giving food and drink to a person or animal
Help that keeps people alive by giving food or money
Compounds
- Offensive
Giving food and liquid through a tube to a person who cannot or refuses to eat
- Specialized
Giving nutrients directly into a vein when someone cannot eat or take in food
- Specialized
A way of giving liquid food through a tube placed in the nose into the stomach
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Etymology
The word feeding comes from the simple English verb feed, which means 'to give food'. Think of giving a baby milk or putting seed out for birds; that's why feeding means the act of giving food to a person, animal, or plant.