feeding
Pronunciation:
/ˈfiːdɪŋ/verb
Definitions
(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
Example: Feed the dog every evening.
To eat (usually of animals).
Example: Spiders feed on gnats and flies.
To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
Example: Feed the fish to the dolphins.
To give to a machine to be processed.
Example: Feed the paper gently into the document shredder.
noun
Definitions
An instance of giving food.
An instance of eating (usually said of animals).
That which is eaten; food.
That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.