Synonyms and Antonyms of feeding

synonym (synonym of feeding)

  • (noun.act)
    eating
    the act of consuming food (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    alimentation
    the act of supplying food and nourishment (noun.act)
     

hypernym (feeding IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • the act of consuming food (noun.act)
    consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
    the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (noun.act)
     
  • the act of supplying food and nourishment (noun.act)
    provision, supply, supplying
    the activity of supplying or providing something (noun.act)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF feeding relation)

  • the act of consuming food (noun.act)
    mycophagy
    the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    bite, chomp
    the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    browse, browsing
    the act of feeding by continual nibbling (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    coprophagia, coprophagy
    eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    dining
    the act of eating dinner (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    engorgement
    eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    banqueting, feasting
    eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    graze, grazing
    the act of grazing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lunching
    the act of eating lunch (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    repletion, surfeit
    eating until excessively full (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    supping
    ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting
    taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    necrophagia, necrophagy
    feeding on corpses or carrion (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    omophagia
    the eating of raw food (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    scatophagy
    the eating of excrement or other filth (noun.act)
     
  • the act of supplying food and nourishment (noun.act)
    lactation, suckling
    feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    infant feeding
    feeding an infant (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    forced feeding, gavage
    feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    intravenous feeding, iv
    administration of nutrients through a vein (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    overfeeding
    excessive feeding (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    spoonfeeding
    feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, tpn
    administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe g more.. (noun.act)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • the act of consuming food (noun.act)
    chew, chewing, manduction, mastication
    biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow (noun.act)
     

derivation (.... is derived from feeding)

  • (verb.consumption)
    eat
    eat a meal; take a meal (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    eat, feed
    take in food; used of animals only (verb.consumption)
     
  • the act of supplying food and nourishment (noun.act)
    feed, give
    give food to (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    feed
    provide as food (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    aliment, nourish, nutrify
    give nourishment to (verb.consumption)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym part holonym derivation eating alimentation consumption ingestion intake uptake provision supply mycophagy bite browse browsing coprophagia coprophagy chew chewing manduction mastication eat feed give aliment
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. eating . alimentation . consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake . provision, supply, supplying . mycophagy . bite, chomp . browse, browsing . coprophagia, coprophagy . dining . engorgement . banqueting, feasting . graze, grazing . lunching . repletion, surfeit . supping . degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting . necrophagia, necrophagy . omophagia . scatophagy . lactation, suckling . infant feeding . forced feeding, gavage . intravenous feeding, iv . overfeeding . spoonfeeding . hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, tpn . chew, chewing, manduction, mastication . eat . eat, feed . feed, give . feed . aliment, nourish, nutrify


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