self-feed

[ self-feed, self- ]

verb (used with object),self-fed, self-feed·ing.Agriculture.
  1. to provide a supply of food to (animals) so as to allow them to eat as much and as often as they want.: Compare hand-feed (def. 1).

Origin of self-feed

1
First recorded in 1865–70

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