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handfed

handfed adjective: of an animal or machine, fed by hand. Also the simple past and past participle of handfeed.

Adjective

handfed (not comparable)

  1. Of an animal or machine, fed by hand.
    • We are in the great preserves, where hares in herds and troops of handfed pheasants invite the attention of banded poachers, and provoke heartburnings in parishes that ought to be peaceful.1880 December, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 128, page 759
    • A handfed baby parrot represents days, weeks, years of feeding, cleaning, and care cycles.2007, Mattie Sue Athan, Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot, page 2

Also used as

handfed is also the simple past and past participle of handfeed.

Origin of handfed

From hand + fed.

Questions about handfed

What does handfed mean?
Handfed means of an animal or machine, fed by hand.
What part of speech is handfed?
Handfed is an adjective.

Words near handfed in the dictionary

  1. handfasted
  2. handfasting
  3. handfastings
  4. handfastly
  5. handfasts
  6. handfed
  7. handfeed
  8. handfeeding
  9. handfeeds
  10. handfeel
  11. handfight

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