Definitions for feeding
feed·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eating, feedingnoun

   the act of consuming food

2. feeding, alimentationnoun

   the act of supplying food and nourishment

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. feedingnoun

   The activity of feeding an animal.

   Feeding the seals is one of the zookeeper's most visible chores.

2. feedingnoun

   An instance of feeding of an animal.

   There are three feedings a day.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. feeding

   Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food, typically to provide a heterotrophic organism with energy and to allow for growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive — carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. Fungi digest organic matter outside their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies. For humans, eating is an activity of daily living. Some individuals may limit their amount of nutritional intake. This may be a result of a lifestyle choice, due to hunger or famine, as part of a diet or as religious fasting.

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1. feeding

   Feeding refers to the process of consuming food to receive necessary nutrients that assist in growth, provide energy and maintain overall health. It is not limited to human beings and includes all living organisms including animals, birds, insects and even plants. The method of feeding varies widely among different species.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Feeding

   of Feed

2. Feedingnoun

   the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening

3. Feedingnoun

   that which is eaten; food

4. Feedingnoun

   that which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land

Matched Categories

1. • Consumption
   • Provision

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'feeding' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4386

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for feeding »

1. feigned

How to pronounce feeding?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say feeding in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of feeding in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of feeding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of feeding in a Sentence

1. David Beasley:

   For example, take the United States and the region in Central America, the Dry Corridor, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua -- just down in that area alone, we're feeding a lot of people down there and the climate is just changing with hurricanes and flash flooding ; it's just devastating.

2. Michael Griffiths:

   Like great whites today, they likely fed on large fish. The smaller sized great whites likely did not require as much food as megalodon did, so they would have had the competitive advantage if they were feeding on similar prey items.

3. Karl Setzer:

   The market is starting to struggle a bit, it needs something fresh. A bull market needs to be fed and we are just not feeding it right now.

4. Andrew Miller:

   To meet the huge challenge of feeding a burgeoning global population, using fewer resources, as our climate becomes increasingly unstable, we will need to use all of the tools at our disposal, be they social, political, economic or technological, regulatory reform is no longer merely an option, it is a necessity.

5. Philip Baggaley:

   There's so much uncertainty about the virus and that's feeding people's fears and perceptions about the safety of travel, a second wave was always a downside risk for the overall economy and the airlines in particular.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=feeding
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Feeding
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=feeding