Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of taking or giving food; the act of eating or of giving to eat.
- noun That which is eaten.
- noun That which furnishes food, especially for animals; pasture-land.
- noun In printing (press-work), the placing of separate sheets of paper in position, so that they can be printed or ruled by a printing- or a ruling-machine. Also called, in England, laying-on.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.
- noun That which is eaten; food.
- noun That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land.
- noun See under
Bottle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
feed . - noun The activity of feeding an animal.
- noun An instance of feeding of an animal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of consuming food
- noun the act of supplying food and nourishment
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Examples
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IV. iv.169 (339,2) [a worthy feeding] I conceive _feeding_ to be a
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Interestingly, the term feeding frenzy is based on accounts of groups of sharks making passes at their victims and becoming so passionate that sometimes they mistakenly take a bite out of each other.
unknown title 2009
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BRODSKY: Well, it ` s like feeding -- what we call feeding the beast, to some extent.
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BRODSKY: Well, it ` s like feeding -- what we call feeding the beast, to some extent.
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Jonny said: For me personally, it has been important that this has always been an aspiration of ours and although it has its basis in sport and we carry that in the functional side of the clothing tailoring, it is not about a short term feeding off the back of anything that has happened to me and my career of rugby.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Officials bewailed what they called the feeding of false information to certain quarters, which are now questioning the NIA project.
unknown title 2009
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Wisconsin Deer Baiting and Wildlife Feeding Regulations [PDF 243KB] pamphlet provides the regulations that are in place for counties where deer baiting and feeding is banned, as well as the regulations that have been developed in the counties where deer baiting and feeding is allowed, but regulated.
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An idea that could be revived as third world countries need revenue and cost of feeding is way down, so pay that country a small fee, it beats the Dickens era and the rotting hulk scheme.
“Two Years” for Jon Harper Killer « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Their goal in feeding these people alarming lies was merely to harden opposition to Obama, to rouse up some street theater with the tea baggers, and to bring the yokels out to vote.
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Wisconsin Deer Baiting and Wildlife Feeding Regulations [PDF 243KB] pamphlet provides the regulations that are in place for counties where deer baiting and feeding is banned, as well as the regulations that have been developed in the counties where deer baiting and feeding is allowed, but regulated.
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