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 The groups have watched pigeon flocks flee from hawks and have seen pigeons feeding crop milk, a substance adult pigeons produce near their throat, to their babies. — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026 For each TikTok, Moore animated Janie by feeding the still dorm room image into AI video model MiniMax H3. — Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 From feeding hobos on the back porch in the night in the Great Depression to marching against wars for oil in the Eighties and Nineties. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 That requires a steady pipeline of variations ready to test, with performance data feeding directly into the next round of production. — Matt Jayson, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 That warm water can keep feeding the surface and thereby the atmosphere for months. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026 Release can begin with simply deciding not to keep feeding the same pattern. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026 The letters praise Murray and his research, feeding the professor’s desire to feel respected. — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026 The sulfur-free waters emerge from the earth between 80 and 105 degrees Fahrenheit feeding a series of open-air pools naturally rich in four minerals. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeding
  1. boarding
  2. providing
  3. eating
  4. catering
  5. supplying
  6. sustaining
  7. giving
Verb
  • Video first obtained by ABC News shows Coast Guard agents equipped in tactical gear boarding the ship, guns drawn, while a separate Coast Guard boat goes alongside of it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • After that, visitors file out and gain even more virtual altitude, boarding a dirigible that skims an ancient version of the skyline.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of boarding
Verb
  • There is also a kids club providing childcare and kid-friendly activities provided by a team with over eight years experience working with children.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • His new project, Flop, aims to create a spot market for computing power, where participants are rewarded with Flop tokens for providing GPUs and performing AI inference.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of providing
Verb
  • Viewed from a distance, the steady feeding process would proceed like a triangle as the victim brown dwarf orbits the star that is eating it.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Whole grains are digested more slowly than refined grains, which may help reduce blood sugar spikes after eating.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of eating
Verb
  • Poland also has over 86,000 places of refuge offering a lower level of protection such as basements, underground garages or subway stations, and catering for around 23 million people.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of catering
Verb
  • Each of the six main suspects get their chance to give their version of events on the day of Jodie’s death, effectively supplying their own alibis.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • That included voluntarily supplying law enforcement with lists of disgruntled current and former employees, and of the names of dissatisfied customers.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplying
Verb
  • God is present now, and there could never be a future moment when His sustaining presence is absent.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The next step is sustaining that work through the heavier demands of a season.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of sustaining
Verb
  • There, local fishermen demonstrated their sustainable crayfish harvesting process, and as a spectacular touch, the helicopter lifted one of the crayfish tanks straight out of the ocean, giving our client a dramatic view of the abundant catch.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The other group is a little more spread out, giving more opportunity.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of giving

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“Feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeding. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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