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The correct spelling is feeding.
How to pronounce feeding
verb
IPA: /ˈfiːdɪŋ/
Say it like: Fee-din-g
The correct spelling is feeding. (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat. For example: "Feed the dog every evening."
Usage Examples
“Feed the dog every evening.”
“Spiders feed on gnats and flies.”
“Feed the fish to the dolphins.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- 2.To eat (usually of animals).
- 3.To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- 4.To give to a machine to be processed.
- 5.To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
noun
- 1.An instance of giving food.
- 2.An instance of eating (usually said of animals).
- 3.That which is eaten; food.
- 4.That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.
- 5.The loading of material into a machine that will process it.
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