Definition of feeding

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Feeding (n.) the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening..

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Graminivorous :: Graminivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals..
Augur :: Augur (n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences..
Cibation :: Cibation (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
Polypite :: Polypite (n.) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian..
Migrate :: Migrate (v. i.) To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds..
Cepevorous :: Cepevorous (a.) Feeding upon onions.
Feeding :: Feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fee.
Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..
Hippophagous :: Hippophagous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars..
Batten :: Batten (v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
Expend :: Expend (v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations..
Depascent :: Depascent (a.) Feeding.
Man-eater :: Man-eater (n.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh..
Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga..
Sparrow :: Sparrow (n.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House..
Entomophagous :: Entomophagous (a.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
Procris :: Procris (n.) Any species of small moths of the genus Procris. The larvae of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
Piscivorous :: Piscivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on fish.
Galactophagous :: Galactophagous (a.) Feeding on milk.
Hack :: Hack (n.) A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc..
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