feeding (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *feeding*:
NOUN	act	feeding, eating	the act of consuming food
NOUN	act	feeding, alimentation	the act of supplying food and nourishment

feeding > pronunciation
Sounds	fiy'dihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *feeding*: 2 senses > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of consuming food.
Synonym	eating
Parts	chew, chewing, mastication, manduction	biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
Narrower	bite, chomp	The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
	browse, browsing	The act of feeding by continual nibbling
	coprophagy, coprophagia	eating / eating feces
	dining	The act of eating / eating dinner
	engorgement	eating / eating / eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
	feasting, banqueting	eating / eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
	graze, grazing	The act of grazing / grazing
	lunching	The act of eating / eating lunch
	mycophagy	The practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild)
	necrophagia, necrophagy	feeding on corpses or carrion
	omophagia	The eating of raw food
	repletion, surfeit	eating until excessively full
	scatophagy	The eating of excrement or other filth
	supping	ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking
	tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing, degustation	Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
Broader	consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake	The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Spanish	alimentación, nutrición
Catalan	alimentació, nodriment, nutrició
Verbs	feed	take in food

English > *feeding*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of supplying food and nourishment.
Synonym	alimentation
Narrower	forced feeding, gavage	feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
	infant feeding	feeding an infant
	intravenous feeding, IV	Administration of nutrients through a vein
	overfeeding	excessive feeding
	spoonfeeding	feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon
	suckling, lactation	feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
	total parenteral nutrition, TPN, hyperalimentation	Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava
Broader	provision, supply, supplying	The activity of supplying or providing something
Spanish	alimentación, nutrición
Catalan	alimentació, nodriment, nutrició
Verbs	feed	give food to
Verbs	feed	provide as food

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