FEEDING (ON, UPON, OR OFF) Synonyms: 11 Similar Words

feeding (on, upon, or off)

verb

Definition of feeding (on, upon, or off)

present participle of feed (on, upon, or off)

as in preying (on or upon)

to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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But Ingrid’s definition of success is stalking and befriending her Instagram fixation, the influencer Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen).

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
Spain dismissively used Cunningham’s stalking ordeal against her Then Spain’s attack turned much darker.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of stalking

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And in April 2026 a researcher chasing Project Eleven's Q-Day Prize broke a 15-bit key on real quantum hardware.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The sluggish start mirrored Wednesday’s defeat, leaving Bay FC once again chasing the game before many fans had settled into their seats.

— Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

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Trillions of neutrinos — mostly those produced in the sun — pass through our bodies every second, yet after years of hunting them with detectors such as SNO+, researchers have captured only a few hundred thousand of their precious flashes.

— James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
The case was first launched in April 2009, when Smith and a companion were hunting on snow machines and the elderly man’s machine broke through the ice covering the Ungalikthluk River, not far from Togiak, and sank.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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