"feeding" meaning in English

See feeding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːdɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feeding.wav Forms: feedings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, feed + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|feed|-ing}} By surface analysis, feed + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} feeding (countable and uncountable, plural feedings)
  1. (uncountable) The act or process of giving food. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-noun-uIk4TpZx Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. (countable) An instance or session of giving food. Tags: countable Coordinate_terms: serving Translations (an instance of giving food): إِطْعَام (ʔiṭʕām) [masculine] (Arabic), alimentació [feminine] (Catalan), הַאֲכָלָה (Hebrew), etetés (Hungarian), megetetés (Hungarian), táplálás (Hungarian), кормле́ние (kormlénije) [neuter] (Russian), кормёжка (kormjóžka) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), alimentación [feminine] (Spanish), ulishaji (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-noun-eW1d-Hln Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 22 8 24 6 22 5 4 Disambiguation of 'an instance of giving food': 24 42 1 21 6 5 1
  3. (uncountable, usually said of animals) The act or process of eating. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-noun-YB8EbDD~
  4. (countable, usually said of animals) An instance or session of eating. Tags: countable, usually Coordinate_terms: meal Translations (an instance of eating): хранене (hranene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), táplálkozás (Hungarian), evés (Hungarian), пита́ние (pitánije) [neuter] (Russian), alimentación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-noun-Xh9toOQZ Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 22 8 24 6 22 5 4 Disambiguation of 'an instance of eating': 1 21 26 46 3 1 1
  5. (dated) That which is eaten: food, feed, or fodder. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-noun-D6GWfP~c Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  6. (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-noun-2bWZFNyF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 20 6 21 5 33 7 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 12 14 10 16 8 25 12 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 11 11 12 9 31 10 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 8 8 9 7 48 7 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 7 7 8 6 55 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 10 15 10 16 8 30 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 16 10 17 8 29 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 12 11 14 9 32 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 10 12 11 14 9 32 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 22 8 24 6 22 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 11 9 12 7 38 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 9 8 10 6 45 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 10 11 9 12 8 36 9 5
  7. (uncountable) The loading of material into a machine that will process it. Tags: uncountable Translations (the loading of material into a machine that will process it): táplálás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-noun--AjiinCX Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'the loading of material into a machine that will process it': 1 0 2 0 1 0 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈfiːdɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feeding.wav
Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, feed + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|feed|-ing}} By surface analysis, feed + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} feeding
  1. present participle and gerund of feed Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: feed
    Sense id: en-feeding-en-verb-pr92Y0cs

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "like feeding time at the zoo"
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      "word": "deposit feeding"
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      "word": "food-mass feeding"
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      "word": "force feeding"
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        "(uncountable, usually said of animals) The act or process of eating."
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      "sense": "an instance of giving food",
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      "sense": "an instance of giving food",
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      "sense": "an instance of giving food",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "an instance of giving food",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "кормле́ние"
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      "sense": "an instance of giving food",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the loading of material into a machine that will process it",
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