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

In addition, the NWA Tongue Tie Center will offer on-site evaluation and tongue-tie procedures, including frenectomy, and will work in collaboration with therapists and lactation consultants to support optimal feeding, speech and airway outcomes. —Mark Mondier, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026

Smart dog feeders With a smartphone app, smart feeders give you full remote control to set feeding quantities and times. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026

Prior to these recent genetic discoveries, researchers believed human feeding only started between 509,000 and 61,000 years ago. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026

On the New Orleans shoot, Mosaku brought her young baby and suddenly went from breastfeeding to pumping and bottle-feeding. —Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Feb. 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