feeding

noun

feed·​ing ˈfē-diŋ 

1

: the act or process of eating or being fed

For a while zoos tried to control feeding by providing vending machines with pellets, but most have now banned it entirely.

—Phillip T. Robinson

—often used before another noun

a feeding schedule

feeding behavior

2

: an instance of feeding

two a.m. feedings

ready for a feeding

Examples of feeding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This growth can be triggered by stress factors such as environmental injury, insect feeding damage, or infections from fungal or bacterial pathogens. — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

The students and club members raise cows, goats, lambs, hogs, turkeys and more, spending hours feeding and training them daily and preparing them for showing. — Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 July 2026

His mother works as a groom, feeding, watering and tending to the animals. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

Dogs with acute pancreatitis often need to be hospitalized and are given fluids through a vein, medications to stop them from vomiting, nutrition (such as through a feeding tube), pain control and other supportive treatments. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing feeding

• breast-feeding
• care and feeding
• feeding frenzy
• feeding ground
• feeding tube

Rhymes for feeding

• beading
• bleeding
• breeding
• ceding
• heeding
• kneading
• leading
• needing
• pleading
• reding
• seeding
• speeding