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Feeding   /fˈidɪŋ/   Listen
Feeding

noun
1.
The act of consuming food.  Synonym: eating.
2.
The act of supplying food and nourishment.  Synonym: alimentation.



Feed

verb
(past & past part. fed; pres. part. feeding)
1.
Provide as food.
2.
Give food to.  Synonym: give.  "Don't give the child this tough meat"
3.
Feed into; supply.
4.
Introduce continuously.  Synonym: feed in.
5.
Support or promote.
6.
Take in food; used of animals only.  Synonym: eat.  "What do whales eat?"
7.
Serve as food for; be the food for.
8.
Move along, of liquids.  Synonyms: course, flow, run.  "The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
9.
Profit from in an exploitatory manner.  Synonym: prey.
10.
Gratify.  Synonym: feast.
11.
Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to.  Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize.



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"Feeding" Quotes from Famous Books



... not likely to explore the subtler mysteries of the moral world. But there is more. The divine speeches suggest that God is not only strong—Job knew that very well (ix.)—but wise, xxxviii. 2, and kind, feeding even the ravenous beasts, xxxviii. 39, and tenderly caring for the waste and desolate place where no man is, xxxviii. 26. The universe compels trust in the wisdom and love of God. (5) The epilogue, too, shows how ...
— Introduction to the Old Testament • John Edgar McFadyen

... of bales, And the same watchful sun Glowed through his body feeding it with light. So will the last one move, And halt, and dip his head, and lay his load Down, and the muscles will relax and tremble. Earth, you designed your man Beautiful both in ...
— Georgian Poetry 1918-19 • Various

... he said. "I've loved you ever since that Sunday I saw you in the park feeding the swans. I want you to be my ...
— North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the desert. 30 And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him. 31 And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss. 32 Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave. 33 And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned. ...
— The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition • Charles R. Erdman

... should call influence. No. It was the "Pelicans feeding their Young" that Alcar bought. Four thousand. You're ...
— The Great Adventure • Arnold Bennett


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