Collocations for "feeding"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "feeding" in context.
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feed
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- feed [the dog, your pet, the cattle, the baby]
- feed [breadcrumbs, scraps, puree, fruit] to
- [the mother, she] is feeding her [young, cubs, chicks, babies]
- [cattle, sheep, animals] feed on [corn, meat]
- feed on [small animals, plants]
- needs feeding [twice a day, again]
- needs to be fed (twice a day)
- feeding hungrily (on)
- feeds into the [problem, issue, fear]
- feeding [people's, the public's] fears of
- feed [information, intelligence] back to
- feed back into [itself, the cycle]
- enough to feed an entire [army, family]
- [poetry, literature, art] feeds the imagination
- (have) [mouths, another mouth] to feed
- [cow, chicken] feed
- a sack of feed (for)
- a [daily, hearty, lavish] feed
- on your [news, photo, friend] feed
- feed for [comments, photos, articles]
- a feed of [comments]
- a network feed [of, for]
- subscribe to an RSS feed
- [spooled in, sent to] the printer feed
- a [jam, fault] in the paper feed
- a [gradual, slow, constant] feed of information
- the patient was on a (drip) feed
'feeding' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):