feeding
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1. the act of consuming food (noun.act)
hyponym | : | mycophagy, |
definition | : | the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | bite, chomp, |
definition | : | the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | browse, browsing, |
definition | : | the act of feeding by continual nibbling (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | coprophagia, coprophagy, |
definition | : | eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | dining, |
definition | : | the act of eating dinner (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | engorgement, |
definition | : | eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | banqueting, feasting, |
definition | : | eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | graze, grazing, |
definition | : | the act of grazing (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | lunching, |
definition | : | the act of eating lunch (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | supping, |
definition | : | ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | omophagia, |
definition | : | the eating of raw food (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | scatophagy, |
definition | : | the eating of excrement or other filth (noun.act) |
2. the act of supplying food and nourishment (noun.act)
hyponym | : | lactation, suckling, |
definition | : | feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | forced feeding, gavage, |
definition | : | feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | overfeeding, |
definition | : | excessive feeding (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | spoonfeeding, |
definition | : | feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, tpn, |
definition | : | administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes (noun.act) |
3. the act of consuming food (noun.act)
derivation | : | eat, |
definition | : | eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | eat, |
definition | : | take in solid food (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | eat, feed, |
definition | : | take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption) |
4. the act of supplying food and nourishment (noun.act)
derivation | : | feed, give, |
definition | : | give food to (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | feed, |
definition | : | provide as food (verb.consumption) |
5. the act of consuming food (noun.act)
derivation | : | eat, |
definition | : | eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | eat, |
definition | : | take in solid food (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | eat, feed, |
definition | : | take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption) |
6. the act of supplying food and nourishment (noun.act)
derivation | : | feed, give, |
definition | : | give food to (verb.consumption) |
derivation | : | feed, |
definition | : | provide as food (verb.consumption) |
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