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Definition of Feeding
1. Noun. The act of consuming food.
Exact synonyms: Eating
Terms within: Chew, Chewing, Manduction, Mastication
Specialized synonyms: Mycophagy, Bite, Chomp, Browse, Browsing, Coprophagia, Coprophagy, Dining, Engorgement, Banqueting, Feasting, Graze, Grazing, Lunching, Repletion, Surfeit, Supping, Degustation, Relishing, Savoring, Savouring, Tasting, Necrophagia, Necrophagy, Omophagia, Scatophagy
Generic synonyms: Consumption, Ingestion, Intake, Uptake
Derivative terms: Eat, Eat, Eat, Feed
Terms within: Chew, Chewing, Manduction, Mastication
Specialized synonyms: Mycophagy, Bite, Chomp, Browse, Browsing, Coprophagia, Coprophagy, Dining, Engorgement, Banqueting, Feasting, Graze, Grazing, Lunching, Repletion, Surfeit, Supping, Degustation, Relishing, Savoring, Savouring, Tasting, Necrophagia, Necrophagy, Omophagia, Scatophagy
Generic synonyms: Consumption, Ingestion, Intake, Uptake
Derivative terms: Eat, Eat, Eat, Feed
2. Noun. The act of supplying food and nourishment.
Exact synonyms: Alimentation
Specialized synonyms: Lactation, Suckling, Infant Feeding, Forced Feeding, Gavage, Intravenous Feeding, Iv, Overfeeding, Spoonfeeding, Hyperalimentation, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Tpn
Generic synonyms: Provision, Supply, Supplying
Derivative terms: Aliment, Feed, Feed
Specialized synonyms: Lactation, Suckling, Infant Feeding, Forced Feeding, Gavage, Intravenous Feeding, Iv, Overfeeding, Spoonfeeding, Hyperalimentation, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Tpn
Generic synonyms: Provision, Supply, Supplying
Derivative terms: Aliment, Feed, Feed
Definition of Feeding
1. n. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.
Definition of Feeding
1. feed [v] - See also: feed
Medical Definition of Feeding
1. Giving food or nourishment. (05 Mar 2000)