feeding

noun

feed·​ing ˈfē-diŋ 

1

: the act or process of eating or being fed

For a while zoos tried to control feeding by providing vending machines with pellets, but most have now banned it entirely.

—Phillip T. Robinson

—often used before another noun

a feeding schedule

feeding behavior

2

: an instance of feeding

two a.m. feedings

ready for a feeding

Examples of feeding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sullivan hinted that Miami’s going to be a bottom-feeding, poach friendly NFL team for a year or two, which is ideal and healthy when your talent base is filled with unproven rookies, and NFL journeymen. —Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026

Impatiens will grow 20 inches tall with a similar spread and produce flowers consistently with regular feeding. —Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Apr. 2026

That is, however, an issue because the merger and feeding processes that allow black holes to reach masses of millions of billions of times that of the sun should take at least 1 billion years to reach fruition. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Their wait ended Friday, when the Maryland Department of the Environment issued the pollution permit that sets environmental requirements for animal feeding operations across the state. —Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing feeding

• breast-feeding
• care and feeding
• feeding frenzy
• feeding ground
• feeding tube

Rhymes for feeding

• beading
• bleeding
• breeding
• ceding
• heeding
• kneading
• leading
• needing
• pleading
• reding
• seeding
• speeding