Definition of feeding

"feeding" in the noun sense

1. eating, feeding

the act of consuming food

2. feeding, alimentation

the act of supplying food and nourishment

"feeding" in the verb sense

1. feed

provide as food

"Feed the guests the nuts"

2. feed, give

give food to

"Feed the starving children in India"

"don't give the child this tough meat"

3. feed

feed into supply

"Her success feeds her vanity"

4. feed, feed in

introduce continuously

"feed carrots into a food processor"

5. feed

support or promote

"His admiration fed her vanity"

6. feed, eat

take in food used of animals only

"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"

"What do whales eat?"

7. feed

serve as food for be the food for

"This dish feeds six"

8. run, flow, feed, course

move along, of liquids

"Water flowed into the cave"

"the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

9. prey, feed

profit from in an exploitatory manner

"He feeds on her insecurity"

10. feed, feast

gratify

"feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"

11. fertilize, fertilise, feed

provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to

"We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"

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Quotations for feeding

He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. [ William Shakespeare ]

Would you be thanked for feeding your own swine? [ Proverb ]

Contention, like a horse full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose, and bears down all before him. [ William Shakespeare ]

Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness. [ Cham fort ]

I have unlearned contempt; it is a sin that is engendered earliest in the soul, and doth beset it like a poison worm feeding on all its beauty. [ Willis ]

Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold, a woman adds to it her sympathy. A small sum in the hands of a woman does more good than a hundred times as much in the hands of a man. Feminine charity renews every day the miracle of Christ feeding a multitude with a few loaves and fishes. [ E. Legouve ]

There was a proposition in a township there to discontinue public schools because they were too expensive. An old farmer spoke up and said if they stopped the schools they would not save anything, because every time a school was closed a jail had to be built. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. He'll never get fat. I believe it is better to support schools than jails. [ Mark Twain, "Public Education Association" Speech ]

feeding in Scrabble®

The word feeding is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters feeding:

FEEDING
(98 = 48 + 50)
FEIGNED
(98 = 48 + 50)
FEIGNED
(98 = 48 + 50)
FEEDING
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

feeding, feigned

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word feeding

FEEDING
(98 = 48 + 50)
FEEDING
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FEEDING
(92 = 42 + 50)
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FEEDING
(64 = 14 + 50)
FEEDING
(64 = 14 + 50)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In feeding

FEEDING
(98 = 48 + 50)
FEIGNED
(98 = 48 + 50)
FEIGNED
(98 = 48 + 50)
FEEDING
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FEIGNED
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FEEDING
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DEFINE
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feeding in Words With Friends™

The word feeding is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters feeding:

FEIGNED
(107 = 72 + 35)
FEEDING
(107 = 72 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

feeding, feigned

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word feeding

FEEDING
(107 = 72 + 35)
FEEDING
(101 = 66 + 35)
FEEDING
(101 = 66 + 35)
FEEDING
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FEEDING
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FEEDING
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FEEDING
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FEEDING
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FEEDING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In feeding

FEIGNED
(107 = 72 + 35)
FEEDING
(107 = 72 + 35)
FEEDING
(101 = 66 + 35)
FEIGNED
(101 = 66 + 35)
FEIGNED
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FEEDING
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FEIGNED
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DEFINE
(69)
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FEIGNED
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Words within the letters of feeding

2 letter words in feeding (5 words)

3 letter words in feeding (14 words)

4 letter words in feeding (10 words)

5 letter words in feeding (6 words)

6 letter words in feeding (1 word)

7 letter words in feeding (Anagrams) (2 words)

feeding + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence feeding

Words that start with feeding (2 words)

Words with feeding in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving feeding

Shorter words in feeding

in din ding

fee feed

Longer words containing feeding

bottlefeeding

breastfeeding nonbreastfeeding

feedings

forcefeeding

handfeeding

misfeeding

nonfeeding

overfeeding

refeeding

spoonfeeding

underfeeding

winterfeeding