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

After rescuing the stray and naming her Mii, Inaba gradually learns the ins and outs of cat ownership: feeding, play, and the dangers of wandering outside. —The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025

Finish granular spring feedings of all fruit trees. 62. —Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025

Courtesy of UnCruise Adventures Flexible routes allow detours to observe unusual animal behavior, such as orcas and humpbacks bubble-net feeding, where a lead whale dives below a school of fish and blasts bubbles from their blowhole. —Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 25 Mar. 2025

Burmeister chipped away at it during a weekend full of bottle feedings for his 2-year-old son and 6-month-old daughter. —Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025

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