SkyfireDict

feeding   (TTS Sound)

The noun feeding has 2 senses

• eating, feeding -- (the act of consuming food)


• feeding, alimentation -- (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

The verb feed has 11 senses

• feed -- (provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts")


• feed, give -- (give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat")


• feed -- (feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity")


• feed, feed in -- (introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor")


• feed -- (support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity")


• feed, eat -- (take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?")


• feed -- (serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six")


• run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")


• prey, feed -- (profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity")


• feed, feast -- (gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view")


• fertilize, fertilise, feed -- (provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants")