1
: the act or process of eating or being fed
—often used before another noun
For a while zoos tried to control feeding by providing vending machines with pellets, but most have now banned it entirely.—
Phillip T. Robinson
Phillip T. Robinson
a feeding schedule
feeding behavior
2
: an instance of feeding
two a.m. feedings
ready for a feeding
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If your mind was made up about Jackson by the tabloid feeding frenzy that began in 1993, and damning exposés like HBO’s two-part 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, Michael probably won’t do a lot to change that. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 At the time, the park service explained that feeding bears can endanger them. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Bruce also had the lowest levels of stress hormone metabolites, was given priority access to the four central feeding stations on account of his rank, and even had a non-mate remove debris from his lower beak, the only individual in the circus to be so honored. —ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026 While the other males in the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve’s Kea group spend lots of time squabbling and making threat displays, Bruce is free to wander the aviary and monopolize feeding stations and prime perches, the study reports. —Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feeding
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 At the time, the park service explained that feeding bears can endanger them. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Bruce also had the lowest levels of stress hormone metabolites, was given priority access to the four central feeding stations on account of his rank, and even had a non-mate remove debris from his lower beak, the only individual in the circus to be so honored. —ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026 While the other males in the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve’s Kea group spend lots of time squabbling and making threat displays, Bruce is free to wander the aviary and monopolize feeding stations and prime perches, the study reports. —Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feeding
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