1
: the act or process of eating or being fed
For a while zoos tried to control feeding by providing vending machines with pellets, but most have now banned it entirely.—
Phillip T. Robinson
—often used before another nounPhillip T. Robinsona feeding schedule
feeding behavior
2
: an instance of feeding
two a.m. feedings
ready for a feeding
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There are never enough breast feeding stations or play areas, and getting through security can feel like a nightmare.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
The common fish, classed as micro-carnivores with tiny teeth, most likely survived on a steady diet of zooplankton or other small organisms, using suction feeding that required little breakdown of their small meals.
—New Atlas, 13 July 2025
After millions of years of shaping the nation’s grasslands and forests through their feeding habits and seed dispersal, the moa went extinct roughly 150 years after the Māori arrived.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
Spinosad is a great, safe and effective insecticide to use on all types of feeding caterpillars.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
The common fish, classed as micro-carnivores with tiny teeth, most likely survived on a steady diet of zooplankton or other small organisms, using suction feeding that required little breakdown of their small meals.
—New Atlas, 13 July 2025
After millions of years of shaping the nation’s grasslands and forests through their feeding habits and seed dispersal, the moa went extinct roughly 150 years after the Māori arrived.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
Spinosad is a great, safe and effective insecticide to use on all types of feeding caterpillars.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for feeding
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“Feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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