English Dictionary

feeding

/ˈfiːdɪŋ/

noun

An instance of giving food. / An instance of eating (usually said of animals). / (dated) That which is eaten; food. / (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.

I enjoy feeding the ducks at the park.

意味（1）

An instance of giving food.

[…] they are nevertheless always like the lion's keeper, who, when by long patience, a thousand feedings, and a thousand clawings, he hath made a fierce lion familiar, yet never gives him meat, but with pulling back his hand, always in fear […]

意味（2）

An instance of eating (usually said of animals).

意味（3）

(dated) That which is eaten; food.

意味（4）

(dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.

意味（5）

The loading of material into a machine that will process it.