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English noun: feeding

1. feeding (act) the act of consuming food


Synonymseating


Broader (hypernym)consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake


Narrower (hyponym)banqueting, bite, browse, browsing, chomp, coprophagia, coprophagy, degustation, dining, engorgement, feasting, graze, grazing, lunching, mycophagy, necrophagia, necrophagy, omophagia, relishing, repletion, savoring, savouring, scatophagy, supping, surfeit, tasting


Part holonymchew, chewing, manduction, mastication

2. feeding (act) the act of supplying food and nourishment


Synonymsalimentation


Broader (hypernym)provision, supply, supplying


Narrower (hyponym)forced feeding, gavage, hyperalimentation, infant feeding, intravenous feeding, IV, lactation, overfeeding, spoonfeeding, suckling, total parenteral nutrition, TPN









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