feeding
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of consuming food
Types & categories
- consumption hypernym
- mycophagy hyponym
- chomp hyponym
- browsing hyponym
- coprophagy hyponym
- dining hyponym
- engorgement hyponym
- feasting hyponym
- grazing hyponym
- lunching hyponym
- repletion hyponym
- supping hyponym
- savoring hyponym
- necrophagia hyponym
- omophagia hyponym
- scatophagy hyponym
Parts & wholes
- chewing part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of supplying food and nourishment
Types & categories
- supplying hypernym
- lactation hyponym
- infant feeding hyponym
- forced feeding hyponym
- intravenous feeding hyponym
- overfeeding hyponym
- spoonfeeding hyponym
- total parenteral nutrition hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eat |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chewing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | consumption |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mycophagy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chomp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | browsing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coprophagy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dining |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | engorgement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | feasting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grazing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lunching |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repletion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supping |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | savoring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | necrophagia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omophagia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scatophagy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | feed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | feed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aliment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | supplying |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lactation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | infant feeding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | forced feeding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intravenous feeding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overfeeding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoonfeeding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | total parenteral nutrition |