Meaning

7 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act or process of giving food.

    premium blend for feeding of dairy herds

    the act of consuming food

  2. (countable)An instance or session of giving food.

    the morning feeding might differ from the evening feeding in protein content

    optimal intervals between feedings for neonates with weak esophagogastric sphincter

    кормле́ниеkormlénije, кормёжкаkormjóžka

  3. (uncountable, usually)The act or process of eating.

    feeding from round bales is necessary here in winter, when pasturage is ebbed

    the act of supplying food and nourishment

  4. (countable, usually)An instance or session of eating.

    picked up hardware disease during a feeding outside the intended pasture

    пита́ниеpitánije

  5. (countable, dated, uncountable)That which is eaten: food, feed, or fodder.

  6. (countable, dated, uncountable)That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals.

  7. (uncountable)The loading of material into a machine that will process it.

    caution in the feeding of the No. 3 mill

Examples

142 sentences
  1. Is there any problem with feeding my dog ice cream?

    Чи є якісь проблеми з годуванням мого собаки морозивом?

    deIst es in irgendeiner Weise problematisch, wenn ich meinem Hund Speiseeis zu fressen gebe?

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  2. I spent a couple of hours sitting on a bench in the park feeding birds.

    Я провів кілька годин, сидячи на лавці в парку і годуючи птахів.

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  3. Tom has been feeding my dog.

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  4. She will often sit there feeding birds.

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  5. How much should I be feeding my dog?

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
an instance of giving food:
an instance of eating:

Origin

By surface analysis, feed + -ing.

By surface analysis, feed + -ing.

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Forms

plural: feedings
Singularfeeding
Pluralfeedings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • feeding my dog
  • feeding the pigeons
  • be feeding my
  • is feeding the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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