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  • present participle of feed.
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feeding

[fee-ding] / ˈfi dɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
grazing
Synonyms
ADJECTIVE
nursing
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
ranging
Synonyms




NOUN
pasture
Synonyms




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Backyard bird feeding is one of our country’s most popular pastimes.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

If you’re not prepared to do this, you shouldn’t be feeding them at all.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

So why is backyard bird feeding such a problem when it comes to bird flu?

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

"This gives us new insight into how crinoids evolved and how their feeding strategies changed over hundreds of millions of years."

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

“Maybe the human will stop feeding me,” I whuffle softly.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Chapters in the third person depict the ways that the dog’s uneventful daily life of feedings and naps has been transformed by sickness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 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

The cub requires four enrichment and feeding sessions every day, with overnight feedings needed in his early days at the center.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 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

He needs to be fed and blessed, to be given some gold and silver, to be patted on the back after feedings and held carefully behind the neck.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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