Feeding — synonyms, feeding antonyms, definition

1. feeding (Noun)

Alimentation alimentary chewing consumption devouring eating mastication nourishing nutrient nutritive sustaining

feeding (Noun) — The act of consuming food.

feeding (Noun) — The act of supplying food and nourishment.

consumption ingestion intake provision supply supplying uptake IV TPN banqueting bite browse browsing chomp coprophagia coprophagy degustation dining engorgement feasting forced feeding gavage graze grazing hyperalimentation infant feeding intravenous feeding • • • chew chewing manduction mastication

2. feeding (Verb)

coursing enriching feasting feeding in fertilising fertilizing flowing giving preying running starving

feeding (Verb) — Provide as food. ex. "Feed the guests the nuts"

feeding (Verb) — Give food to. ex. "Feed the starving children in India"

feeding (Verb) — Increase or justify; supply with a source of material. ex. "Her success feeds her vanity"

feeding (Verb) — Introduce continuously. ex. "feed carrots into a food processor"

feeding (Verb) — Support or promote. ex. "His admiration fed her vanity"

feeding (Verb) — Take in food; used of animals only.

feeding (Verb) — Serve as food for; be the food for. ex. "This dish feeds six"

feeding (Verb) — Move along, of liquids. ex. "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

feeding (Verb) — Profit from in an exploitatory manner. ex. "He feeds on her insecurity"

feeding (Verb) — Gratify. ex. "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

feeding (Verb) — (farming) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. ex. "We should feed soil if we want to grow healthy plants"

advancing boosting catering consuming enclosing encouraging enriching exploiting furnishing furthering having inclosing ingesting inserting introducing moving plying promoting providing putting in • • • alimenting bottlefeeding breakfasting breastfeeding browsing circulating corning cropping dining draining dribbling dunging eddying filtering flushing foddering foraging force-feeding giving suck grazing • • •