- present participle of feed.
feeding
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"This includes sea temperatures, the availability of plankton for feeding, which peaks during the summer months when it is warmer, and ocean currents."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Rather, it was accompaniment: feeding, sheltering, driving, watching, and warning so no one had to move in isolation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The doctor asked Nevins about specific life-sustaining measures like feeding tubes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Supporters from across India are literally feeding "cockroach" education-reform protesters camped in the capital, sending a deluge of pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
What he found instead was a girl about his age, his height, feeding a giraffe.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Rowe regularly traveled to Sawe’s camp in Kenya where they simulated competitive environments and feedings to prepare Sawe’s stomach to handle it—that “gut training” crucial for race day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Not casually, not as a side project, but with the all-in fervor of someone who rearranges their calendar around starter feedings.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2025
On its website, Penny Appeal says it provides poverty relief in Asia, the Middle East and Africa by "offering water solutions, organising mass feedings, supporting orphan care and providing emergency food and medical aid".
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
Over the course of five daily feedings, the zoo gives its walruses a combined 150 pounds of restaurant-grade seafood.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
Mr. Zuckerman ordered Lurvy to increase Wilbur’s feedings from three meals a day to four meals a day.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
