crossfeed
To supply one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or an engine…To supply one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine.
Meaning
3 sensesTo supply one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine.
To blend the left and right channels of a stereo recording.
To coexist on a single limiting resource where one strain or species grows on the primary resource and the second grows on the partially degraded resource excreted by the first.
Origin
From cross- + feed.From cross- + feed.
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Forms
crossfeeds, crossfeeding, crossfed, crossfed| Base form | crossfeed · to crossfeed |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | crossfeeds |
| Present participle | crossfeeding |
| Past simple | crossfed |
| Past participle | crossfed |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.