feeding
noun
feed·ing ˈfē-diŋ 
1
: the act or process of eating or being fed
For a while zoos tried to control feeding by providing vending machines with pellets, but most have now banned it entirely.
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—often used before another noun Phillip T. Robinson a feeding schedulefeeding behavior
2
: an instance of feeding
two a.m. feedings
ready for a feeding
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing feeding
feeding
verb
1
as in catering
to provide food or meals for a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- catering
- sustaining
- boarding
- serving
- provisioning
- nurturing
- filling
- waiting
- victualing
- feasting
- overfeeding
- messing
- nourishing
- victualling
- dining
- fattening
- underfeeding
- hand-feeding
- refeeding
- banqueting
- force-feeding
- spoon-feeding
- regaling
- battening
- surfeiting
- reprovisioning
2
as in providing
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article Synonyms & Similar Words
- providing
- supplying
- giving
- handing
- distributing
- furnishing
- delivering
- dispensing
- administering
- handing over
- portioning
- allocating
- transferring
- apportioning
- assigning
- doling out
- prorating
- deeding
- plying (with)
- ceding
- making over
- dealing (out)
- parceling (out)
- meting (out)
- parcelling (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- holding (back)
- retaining
- keeping (back)
- maintaining
- saving
- preserving
- withholding
- reserving
- conserving
- keeping up
3
as in eating
to take a meal an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively Synonyms & Similar Words
- eating
- dining
- feasting
- partaking
- snacking
- breaking bread
- nibbling
- overfeeding
- refreshing
- victualing
- grazing
- victualling
- faring
- gorging
- glutting
- messing
- repasting
- banqueting
- noshing
- lunching
- supping
- overeating
- breakfasting
- picking
- picnicking
- gormandizing
- boarding
- pigging out
- dining out
- digging in
- chowing (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fasting
- dieting