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to refeed

to refeed

1 5.1
To give food or material again after a pause
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈfiːd/
translation icon : reabastecer
  • During the therapy session, he learned how to properly refeed his body after a period of restriction.

Examples

  • To maintain her dietary goals, she planned to refeed once a week with a balanced meal.

  • After the race, the coach decided to refeed the athletes with nutritious snacks to help them recover.

  • 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.

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Synonyms

to refill
vsto refeed
63 1.3

To put more of something into a container that is empty or nearly empty

is used after a pause rather than only when an item is empty
to reload
vsto refeed
47 3.2

Put something back into a container, vehicle, or machine after it is empty

is used after a pause rather than only to load devices again
to replenish
vsto refeed
43 4.3

Fill something again after it has been used up

is used after a pause rather than only when supplies are exhausted
to resupply
vsto refeed
12 3.5

To get more food, water, or equipment when you run low

is used after a pause or interruption rather than only for restocking
to reprovision
vsto refeed
7.4

Provide things needed again to a place or system

is used after a pause rather than for formal or planned restocking

Antonyms

423 1.6

To refuse to let someone have something

210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

How Substantial

to overfeed
1 3.5
to refill
63 1.3
to refeed
1 5.1
to top up
3 3.2

Surface Forms

refeed infinitive
refed past
refed past participle
refeeding present participle
refeeds third person singular

Morphology

refeed = feed (transparent) = re + feed

This is a regular use of the prefix 're-' with the verb 'feed' to mean 'feed again'.

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.