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 nounPhillip T. Robinsona feeding schedule
feeding behavior
2
: an instance of feeding
two a.m. feedings
ready for a feeding
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Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Right whales migrate every year from calving grounds off Florida and Georgia to feeding grounds off New England and Canada.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
The heart is fed to one of the sanctuary’s big cats, and donors receive a video of the feeding.
—Julian Torres, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
At the time of our interview, Thelen is preparing to transition away from the feeding method ahead of an upcoming Olympics training trip to Switzerland.
—Kayla Blanton, Outside, 13 Feb. 2026
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Right whales migrate every year from calving grounds off Florida and Georgia to feeding grounds off New England and Canada.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
The heart is fed to one of the sanctuary’s big cats, and donors receive a video of the feeding.
—Julian Torres, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
At the time of our interview, Thelen is preparing to transition away from the feeding method ahead of an upcoming Olympics training trip to Switzerland.
—Kayla Blanton, Outside, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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