feed sb/sth up
— phrasal verb with feed uk/fiːd/us/fiːd/verb fed, fed
UK to make a person or animal healthier or fatter by giving them a lot of food:
You've lost a lot of weight - you need feeding up a bit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving food to people & animals
- bottle-feed
- breastfeed
- fatted
- fatten sb/sth up
- fed
- feed
- force-feed
- nourish
- nurse
- nursing
- spoon
- spoon-feed
- tube feeding