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drip-feed

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drip feed n	(medical device) (equipamiento médico)	alimentación por goteo, administración por goteo, dosificación por goteo nf
	The nurse admitted the patient and hooked him up to a drip-feed.
drip feed n	(device supplying liquid)	alimentación por goteo, administración por goteo, dosificación por goteo loc nom f
	(cultivos)	riego por goteo loc nom m
	A drip-feed lubricates the mechanism's moving parts with oil.
drip feed [sb/sth], drip-feed [sb/sth] vtr	(gradually supply with liquid)	alimentar por goteo, dosificar por goteo loc verb
	This part drip-feeds lubricant into the mechanism.
	Esta parte alimenta lubricante por goteo al mecanismo.
drip feed [sb/sth], drip-feed [sb/sth] vtr	UK, figurative (gradually supply [sth])	dosificar⇒ vtr
	The police are drip-feeding information about the case to the press in order to not create a panic.
	La policía le está dosificando la información sobre el caso a la prensa para no crear pánico.

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