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

So your character’s daughter has a kind of eating disorder and is connected to a feeding tube. —Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025

After feeding, the banded sea krait moves onto land to avoid predators. —Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025

As more concentrated animal feeding operations in Wisconsin look to expand, researchers are raising concerns about how such expansion could harm drinking water and air quality for nearby communities. —Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025

Byrne’s onscreen daughter (a heard but not seen Delaney Quinn) suffers from an unnamed gastrointestinal illness and requires a feeding tube. —Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025

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