feeding
/ˈfiːdɪŋ/ noun
Also a form of feed
Forms feedings
- noun (uncountable) The act or process of giving food. “premium blend for feeding of dairy herds”
- noun (countable) An instance or session of giving food. “the morning feeding might differ from the evening feeding in protein content”
- noun (uncountable, usually said of animals) The act or process of eating. “feeding from round bales is necessary here in winter, when pasturage is ebbed”
- noun (countable, usually said of animals) An instance or session of eating. “picked up hardware disease during a feeding outside the intended pasture”
- noun (dated) That which is eaten: food, feed, or fodder.
- noun (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals.
- noun (uncountable) The loading of material into a machine that will process it. “caution in the feeding of the No. 3 mill”
Synonyms
Etymology
By surface analysis, feed + -ing.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “feeding”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details