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freefeed

freefeed is the alternative form of free-feed.

Meaning of free-feed

Verb

free-feed (third-person singular simple present free-feeds, present participle free-feeding, simple past and past participle free-fed)

  1. (transitive) To allow (an animal or person) to eat whenever they choose, rather than on a fixed schedule.
    • Don't free-feed your poodle while you're housetraining.2004, The Everything Poodle Book, →ISBN
  2. (intransitive) To eat whenever one chooses, rather than on a fixed schedule.
    • Your dog free-feeds, meaning he eats whenever he wants.2014, Kari Neumeyer, Bark and Lunge: Saving My Dog from Training Mistakes

Forms of freefeed

third-person singular presentfreefeeds
present participlefreefeeding
past participlefreefed
pastfreefed

Questions about freefeed

What is freefeed the alternative form of?
Freefeed is the alternative form of free-feed.

Words near freefeed in the dictionary

  1. freefaller
  2. freefallers
  3. freefalling
  4. freefalls
  5. freefed
  6. freefeed
  7. freefeeding
  8. freefeeds
  9. freefell
  10. freeflow
  11. freeform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freefeed (page history and authors); free-feed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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