What is "feeding" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does feeding mean in English? Meaning of feeding definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "feeding" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "feeding": the act of consuming food

Noun

  • Meaning: the act of consuming food
  • Synonyms: eating feeding
  • Hyponyms: banqueting bite browse browsing chomp coprophagia coprophagy degustation dining engorgement feasting graze grazing lunching mycophagy necrophagia necrophagy omophagia relishing repletion savoring savouring scatophagy supping surfeit tasting
  • Hypernyms: consumption ingestion intake uptake
  • Part Holonyms: chew chewing manduction mastication
  • Meaning of "feeding": the act of supplying food and nourishment

    Noun

  • Meaning: the act of supplying food and nourishment
  • Synonyms: alimentation feeding
  • Hyponyms: forced feeding gavage hyperalimentation infant feeding intravenous feeding iv lactation overfeeding spoonfeeding suckling total parenteral nutrition tpn
  • Hypernyms: provision supply supplying
  • Synonyms:

    satisfy, bolster, nourish, supply, provide, give, deliver, encourage, maintain, sustain, stuff, fuel, find, fill, cram, dine, strengthen, dispense, support, feast, gorge, banquet, fatten, foster, regale, minister, cater, nurse, hand, provision, nurture, furnish, stock, dish out, hand over, wine and dine, victual,

    Antonyms:

    dissuade, deprive, withhold, deplete, release, abstain, fast, ignore, fail, neglect, take, hold, keep, discourage, hurt, starve,

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    feeding in English: feeding
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