hand-feed

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Recent Examples of hand-feed But the people who did the actual hands-on work of incubating the eggs and hand-feeding the chicks around the clock were a dedicated team of aviculturists and bird keepers. Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino. John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024 But when hand-fed something yummy, the rats still liked it. Celia Ford, Vox, 22 May 2024 Guests can snorkel the artificial Grand Reef teeming with fish and graceful rays, spend hours floating the lazy river that winds under waterfalls, and hand-feed birds in the aviary. Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024 Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark. Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024 Beyond the bustle of cleaning wounds and hand-feeding animals — some of the babies need to be fed every one to two hours — there’s the sheer amount of housekeeping that goes into caring for this many animals. Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 According to Australia media, the couple visited the zoo for a private tour and were photographed hand-feeding a kangaroo and snapping selfies in between assorted PDA. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024 The Memphis Zoo welcomed the baby pygmy slow loris in a Jan. 29 Facebook video, which showed the endangered primate being hand-fed by staff. Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-feed
Verb
  • Brewer’s main complaint is that he isn’t being spoon-fed enough information on where the candidates stand on issues.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Parents generally spoon-feed jars of pureed foods for a few months in the first year of life when introducing solids, but pouches marketed to parents of toddlers and older children have prolonged pureed food eating by years.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Most dogs would do anything for a treat, and while giving them a little snack is usually harmless, constantly overfeeding them can be detrimental to their health.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The goal is steady feeding without overfeeding, which can damage the tree.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Feeder cattle are young cattle that are mature enough to be fattened for slaughter.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Over the next two weeks, the Rockets have a chance to fatten their record against some weaker competition, before things get much more difficult.
    Rahat Huq, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • To Evoke a Specific Emotion Nostalgia has been force-fed to American audiences for far too long, far too often, but when used wisely, memories of the past can be a powerful boost to art made for the present.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
  • They were imprisoned and force-fed in British prisons after going on hunger strike and, later in life, became disillusioned with the peace process.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • These rallies, filled with chants, music and group dances, are so far going peacefully.
    Ian Pannell, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • With a breakfast buffet that includes chocolate croissants, madeleines, and Nutella, and a lobby closet filled with costumes and games, the 40-room Hôtel Léopold is ideal for families.
    Lauren Matison, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024

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“Hand-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-feed. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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