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 nounPhillip T. Robinsona feeding schedule
feeding behavior
2
: an instance of feeding
two a.m. feedings
ready for a feeding
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The county is already within the current disease management zone so feeding and carcass transportation restrictions are already in place.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025
The championship did not set off a feeding frenzy of buyer interest in the club, which lost $100 million during Disney’s ownership, including more than $10 million in its World Series year.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Nov. 2025
When it’s used as a feeding material, engineers usually set the 3D printer to around 200 Celsius (390 Fahrenheit) to make sure the material is going to be melted as it’s extruded from a little nozzle, but can then harden back into form.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
The company added that botulism is rare but serious, and shared symptoms to look for in infants, such as constipation, poor feeding, ptosis (drooping eyelid) and sluggish pupils.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
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Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025
The championship did not set off a feeding frenzy of buyer interest in the club, which lost $100 million during Disney’s ownership, including more than $10 million in its World Series year.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Nov. 2025
When it’s used as a feeding material, engineers usually set the 3D printer to around 200 Celsius (390 Fahrenheit) to make sure the material is going to be melted as it’s extruded from a little nozzle, but can then harden back into form.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
The company added that botulism is rare but serious, and shared symptoms to look for in infants, such as constipation, poor feeding, ptosis (drooping eyelid) and sluggish pupils.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for feeding
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“Feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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