feeding

verb

Definition of feedingnext
present participle of feed
1
as in boarding
to provide food or meals for a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry

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2
as in providing
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article

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3
as in eating
to take a meal an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively

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Recent Examples of feeding If baking less often, cover the jar of starter loosely and refrigerate 1 hour after feeding. — Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2026 Outside the courtroom of this trial, traditional TV cameras sit side-by-side with cellphone cameras manned by new media journalists and commentators feeding an audience hungry, not just for true crime, but also for a look back in time. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Construction schedules drop significantly This direct-current setup also stops unwanted energy from feeding back into the external power grid. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026 Time, at 3 am, to watch a mother polar bear and her two cubs feeding beneath a sun that refuses to set. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Remnant radio galaxies represent the final stage in the evolution of radio galaxies, at which point the jets from the galaxies' central regions, or active galactic nuclei (AGNs) powered by feeding supermassive black holes, have switched off. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Not to be contrarian, but because the most important updates to your thinking will rarely come from sources that already agree with you — this is simply feeding your confirmation bias. — Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026 The scan, formally called a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, uses a low-dose CT machine to measure calcified plaque inside the arteries feeding the heart. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 That money could have gone a long way to educating our children and feeding the poor. — Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeding
  1. boarding
  2. providing
  3. eating
  4. catering
  5. supplying
  6. sustaining
  7. giving
Verb
  • Before most of his teammates arrived at Oriole Park at Camden Yards the next morning, Kremer was packed and boarding a flight to Seattle to join the Twins.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Alevtina Soboleva, 59, was traveling with her adult daughter in New York state on July 20 and was detained by ICE agents at Buffalo Niagara International Airport before boarding a flight to San Francisco.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarding
Verb
  • Our absolute priority right now is providing unwavering support to their families, friends, and teammates during this devastating time.
    — Jack Moore, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Sundeeep Dosanjh with the Rocklin Unified School District said teachers are also providing some flexibility to students who need additional time to finish eating.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of providing
Verb
  • Sundeeep Dosanjh with the Rocklin Unified School District said teachers are also providing some flexibility to students who need additional time to finish eating.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That’s where Trump claimed without evidence, during the 2024 presidential campaign, that Haitian immigrants were eating pets.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of eating
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  • Eastern handles are shorter and thicker, catering more to those who use a Penhold grip, where the head of the paddle is facing down and the paddle is held like a pen.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Airline catering workers have filed a new safety complaint against Flying Food Group, alleging they were exposed to unsafe and unsanitary working conditions at facilities serving Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
    — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of catering
Verb
  • The players supplying most of the public product this month are often the ones with the smallest contracts and the least protection against what losing their opportunity will mean.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Bruce Power has been producing cobalt-60 since 1986, supplying isotopes used to sterilize approximately 30 per cent of the world’s single-use medical devices.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • For production designer Nina Ruscio, creating that world meant building an emergency department capable of sustaining the series’ relentless pace without ever feeling repetitive.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Highlighting and sharing what others are doing is key to sustaining usage.
    — Karen Dahut, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of sustaining
Verb
  • For shopper Kori Farmer, The Grocery Spot helps stretch her budget while giving her access to fresh food close to home.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The crisis is giving new urgency to an energy problem that Bangladesh’s garment manufacturers were already confronting.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of giving

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“Feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeding. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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