"free-feed" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: free-feeds [present, singular, third-person], free-feeding [participle, present], free-fed [participle, past], free-fed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|free-feeds|free-feeding|free-fed}} free-feed (third-person singular simple present free-feeds, present participle free-feeding, simple past and past participle free-fed)
  1. (transitive) To allow (an animal or person) to eat whenever they choose, rather than on a fixed schedule. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-free-feed-en-verb-2sGrB4DR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
  2. (intransitive) To eat whenever one chooses, rather than on a fixed schedule. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-free-feed-en-verb-GDQkREJ1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: freefeed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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