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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Flesh :: Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time..
Rhizophagous :: Rhizophagous (a.) Feeding on roots; root-eating.
Hippophagous :: Hippophagous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars..
Cocoonery :: Cocoonery (n.) A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons..
Stall-feed :: Stall-feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall-fee.
Sarcophagous :: Sarcophagous (a.) Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.
Stoker :: Stoker (v. t.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire..
Graminivorous :: Graminivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals..
Feeding :: Feeding (n.) That which is eaten; food.
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..
Pasturage :: Pasturage (n.) The business of feeding or grazing cattle.
Anthropophagous :: Anthropophagous (a.) Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.
Vermivorous :: Vermivorous (a.) Devouring worms; feeding on worms; as, vermivorous birds..
Batrachophagous :: Batrachophagous (a.) Feeding on frogs.
Feed :: Feed (n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.
Pupivorous :: Pupivorous (a.) Feeding on the pupae of insects.
Equivorous :: Equivorous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars..
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..
Saprophagous :: Saprophagous (a.) Feeding on carrion.
Pannage :: Pannage (n.) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.
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