feeding

[ fee-ding ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that feeds.
2. an instance of eating or of taking or being given nourishment.
3. grazing land.

Other Words From

• non·feeding adjective
• un·feeding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of feeding¹

before 900; Middle English feding, Old English fēding. See feed, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The women, who had all stayed with their children at the hospital, were accused of making their children ill by administering unprescribed drugs and by deliberately contaminating their feeding lines with faecal material.

From BBC

A police search found 96 ibuprofen tablets, laxatives, a feeding syringe and a pill crusher.

From BBC

There was also no evidence, the judge said, that any of the three women had tampered with their children’s feeding lines.

From BBC

This is a fear response, the classic "throwing them to the wolves" strategy of feeding the victim to the mob, in hopes they don't eat you next.

From Salon

Then, they moved from Petri dishes to mice, and Gengatharan designed otherwise identical diets containing either high trans or high cis fats but little cholesterol, feeding them to mice for 16 weeks.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• agriculture
• breeding
• cultivation
• culture
• gardening
• grazing
• production
• ranching