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  • present participle of feed.
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feeding

[fee-ding] / ˈfi dɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
grazing
Synonyms
STRONG
battening biting champing cropping eating foraging gnawing masticating munching nibbling pasturing ruminating uprooting
ADJECTIVE
grazing
Synonyms
STRONG
herding pasturing ranging
ADJECTIVE
nursing
Synonyms
STRONG
milking sucking suckling
WEAK
taking nourishment
ADJECTIVE
ranging
Synonyms
STRONG
pasturing
ADJECTIVE
tributary
Synonyms
STRONG
accessory dependent minor satellite shoot side sub subject subordinate
WEAK
under
Antonyms
STRONG
important major
WEAK
original primary source
NOUN
farming
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agriculture breeding cultivation culture gardening grazing production ranching
STRONG
agronomy fertilizing gleaning growing harvesting homesteading hydroponics landscaping operating reaping seeding threshing tillage
WEAK
agronomics crop-raising geoponics share-cropping soil culture
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destruction
NOUN
pasture
Synonyms
STRONGEST
grass grazing meadow
STRONG
herbage lea range
NOUN
repletion
Synonyms
STRONG
engorgement filling glut gratification indulgence satiety saturation surfeit
WEAK
overfilling slaking
Antonyms
STRONG
lack need want
NOUN
satiety
Synonyms
STRONG
engorgement filling glut gratification indulgence repletion saturation surfeit
WEAK
overfilling slaking
Antonyms
STRONG
lack need want

Example Sentences

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Feeding the fear: Many older adults live alone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Feeding this public appetite for sadism has been an animating feature of Noem’s DHS.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Unlike in the Feeding Our Future fraud, there is no criminal case to cover in these so far unsubstantiated claims of daycare fraud.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026

Feeding on the waste, the mycelium grows into the desired shape.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Feeding and caring for his sick, hungry troops and the thousands of starving black people became impossible.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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