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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



... heritage for his children, and ceaseth not to make it more and more. And entaileth his purchase, and leaveth it to his heirs.... The child cometh of the substance of father and mother, and taketh of them feeding and nourishing, and profiteth not, neither liveth, without help of them. The more the father loveth his child, the more busily he teacheth and chastiseth him and holdeth him the more strait under chastising and lore; ...
— Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus • Robert Steele

... profit to Isom looked good and fitting in his eyes. The feeding of another mouth would entail little expense, and so the bargain was struck. Morgan was to have his breakfast and supper each day, and provender for his horse, at the rate of four dollars ...
— The Bondboy • George W. (George Washington) Ogden

... guardian, and relief! So, when from town and all its ills I to my perch among the hills Retreat, what better theme to choose Than satire for my homely Muse? No fell ambition wastes me there, No, nor the south wind's leaden air, Nor Autumn's pestilential breath, With victims feeding hungry death. Sire of the morn, or if more dear The name of Janus to thine ear, Through whom whate'er by man is done, From life's first dawning, is begun (So willed the gods for man's estate), Do thou my verse initiate! ...
— Horace • Theodore Martin

... nature of man as a temple of God to which the body also belongs, and the resurrection of Christ (V. 3-7). But Irenaeus sees the chief proof in the incarnation of Christ, in the dwelling of the Spirit with its gifts in us (V. 8-16), and in the feeding of our body with the holy eucharist (V. 2. 3). Then he discusses the defeat of Satan by Christ (V. 21-23), shows that the powers that be are set up by God, that the devil therefore manifestly lies in arrogating ...
— History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) • Adolph Harnack

... valley, with a stream meandering through it, and green meadows and groves of trees, from among which a church spire reared its pointed summit; and near it a cheerful village of white-washed cottages and other dwellings of more pretension; and there were sheep feeding, and cattle wending their way slowly homeward, all speaking ...
— Mountain Moggy - The Stoning of the Witch • William H. G. Kingston


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