to refeed
- verb
- /ˌriːˈfiːd/
- During the therapy session, he learned how to properly refeed his body after a period of restriction.
Examples
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To maintain her dietary goals, she planned to refeed once a week with a balanced meal.
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After the race, the coach decided to refeed the athletes with nutritious snacks to help them recover.
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Cheat days and refeeds
Blog text (7) -
It's for this reason I prefer to use frequent but moderate overfeeding, or refeeds, as part of the Leangains approach.
Blog text (7) -
They added, however, that little is known about the long-term outcome of AN patients after refeeding programs are completed, and they correctly note that the amount of lasting cognitive change is unknown.
Academic text (2015) -
When we began refeeding, he became so anxious about her size and hearing her body dysmorphia thoughts because it triggered his own thoughts, feelings, and aversion to larger body sizes.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
To put more of something into a container that is empty or nearly empty
Put something back into a container, vehicle, or machine after it is empty
Fill something again after it has been used up
To get more food, water, or equipment when you run low
Provide things needed again to a place or system
Antonyms
How Substantial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Refeed comes from re- 'again' and feed 'to give food', so it means to give food or material back after a stop. You can think of refeeding paper into a printer or refeeding data into a system to make it work again.