- present participle of feed.
feeding
Example Sentences
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Although average spending on food amounts to about 16% of total household budgets, those on lower incomes can be paying a much larger proportion on feeding themselves.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
With these cookers, set the internal temperature and the computer takes over, feeding small compressed hardwood pellets into the fire as needed to hold the target heat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
"When the city starts feeding the countryside, it means the country is done for," farmer Emil Deliev said from southern Bulgaria's mountains where small dairy farms are vanishing one after another.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Most butterfly species rely primarily on nectar, making adult pollen feeding highly unusual.
From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026
Behind them, the feeding frenzy calmed down, and the other seabirds flew off.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
