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underfeed

[ uhn-der-feed uhn-der-feed ]

verb (used with object)

, un·der·fed, un·der·feed·ing.
  1. to feed feed insufficiently.
  2. to feed feed with fuel from beneath.


underfeed

verb

  1. to give too little food to
  2. to supply (a furnace, engine, etc) with fuel from beneath
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an apparatus by which fuel, etc, is supplied from below
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of underfeed1

First recorded in 1650–60; under- + feed
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Example Sentences

The most complacent Britisher cannot hope to draw off the life-blood, and underfeed, and keep it up forever.

Underfeed your rank and file, and what sort of a fight are you going to put up against your rivals.

It is a much more serious risk to overfeed the baby than to underfeed him.

One of these boilers is equipped with a Jones underfeed stoker, and is baffled in the regular way.

A great many breeders underfeed their young stock to stop growth, which I believe to be a very grave mistake.

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