Definition of Feeding. Meaning of Feeding. Synonyms of Feeding

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Feeding. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Feeding and, of course, Feeding synonyms and on the right images related to the word Feeding.

Definition of Feeding

Feeding
Feed Feed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fed; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding.] [AS. f?dan, fr. f?da food; akin to C?. f?dian, OFries f?da, f?da, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f[ae]?a, Sw. f["o]da, Dan. f["o]de. ? 75. See Food.] 1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. If thine enemy hunger, feed him. --Rom. xii. 20. Unreasonable reatures feed their young. --Shak. 2. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire. I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. --Shak. Feeding him with the hope of liberty. --Knolles. 3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal. 4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard. Thou shalt feed people Israel. --2 Sam. v. 2. Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed. --B. Cornwall. 5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep. Once in three years feed your mowing lands. --Mortimer. 6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler. 7. (Mach.) (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).
Feeding
Feeding Feed"ing, n. 1. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening. 2. That which is eaten; food. 3. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. Feeding bottle. See under Bottle.

Meaning of Feeding from wikipedia

- 20(3), 2446. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032446 "Pediatric Feeding Tube". Feeding Clinic of Santa Monica. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016...
- supplementation. The state of being fed by a feeding tube is called gavage, enteral feeding or tube feeding. Placement may be temporary for the treatment...
- Christianity, feeding the multitude comprises two separate miracles of Jesus, reported in the Gospels, in which Jesus used modest resources to feed thousands...
- Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or animal against their will. The term gavage (UK: /ˈɡævɑːʒ, ɡæˈvɑːʒ/, US: /ɡəˈvɑːʒ/, French: [ɡavaʒ])...
- (disambiguation) Feeder (disambiguation) Feeding (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Feed. If an internal link led you...
- Feedly is an AI-powered news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile devices running iOS and Android. It is also available as a cloud-based...
- a web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby...
- Gr**** φαγεῖν (phagein), meaning "to eat". The evolution of feeding is varied with some feeding strategies evolving several times in independent lineages...
- There are different systems of feeding cattle in animal husbandry. For pastured animals, gr**** is usually the forage that composes the majority of their...
- FEED may refer to: FEED Projects, an international hunger-fighting charity Foundation for European Economic Development, a charity formed in November...