Definition of feeding

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Feeding (n.) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land..

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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..
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..
Overfeeding :: Overfeeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overfee.
Sarcophagous :: Sarcophagous (a.) Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.
Entomophagous :: Entomophagous (a.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep..
Myrmotherine :: Myrmotherine (a.) Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.
Phytophagous :: Phytophagous (a.) Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal..
Frugivorous :: Frugivorous (a.) Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals..
Tether :: Tether (v. t.) To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits..
Pasturage :: Pasturage (n.) The business of feeding or grazing cattle.
Nutrication :: Nutrication (n.) The act or manner of feeding.
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.
Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car..
Cibation :: Cibation (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
Run :: Run (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run..
Cocoonery :: Cocoonery (n.) A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons..
Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Equivorous :: Equivorous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars..
Beet :: Beet (n.) The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar..
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