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fullfeed

fullfeed verb: to overfeed; feed to fullness or excess; make plump; fatten.

Verb

fullfeed (third-person singular simple present fullfeeds, present participle fullfeeding, simple past and past participle fullfed)

  1. (transitive) To overfeed; feed to fullness or excess; make plump; fatten.
    • If it is desired to fullfeed hogs, they will make a rapid fattening growth by increasing the grain ration while on pasture, [...]1914, Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration, Bulletin
    • Efforts were made to fullfeed animals without undue waste, and unconsumed feed was redistributed as part of the procedure.1966, American Society of Animal Science, American Society of Animal Production, American Dairy Science Association, Journal of animal science

Forms of fullfeed

third-person singular presentfullfeeds
present participlefullfeeding
past participlefullfed
pastfullfed
alternative formfull-feed

Origin of fullfeed

A back-formation from fullfeeding; equivalent to full + feed.

Words formed from fullfeed

Questions about fullfeed

What does fullfeed mean?
Fullfeed means to overfeed; feed to fullness or excess; make plump; fatten.
What part of speech is fullfeed?
Fullfeed is a verb.
What is the past tense of fullfeed?
The past tense of fullfeed is fullfed.

Words near fullfeed in the dictionary

  1. Fullerton Cove
  2. Fullertons
  3. fullery
  4. fullest
  5. fullfed
  6. fullfeed
  7. fullfil
  8. fullfill
  9. fullfledged
  10. fullhanded
  11. fullhandedness

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