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refed

refed is the simple past and past participle of refeed.

Meaning of refeed

Verb

refeed (third-person singular simple present refeeds, present participle refeeding, simple past and past participle refed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
    • The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.1997, David M. Garner, “Psychoeducational principles in treatment”, in Garner & Garfinkel, editors, Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, 2nd ed., →ISBN, page 156
  2. (transitive) To feed (material) back into a machine.
  3. (transitive) To feed material back into (a machine).
    • The printer was refed with paper.

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Questions about refed

What is refed the simple past and past participle of?
Refed is the simple past and past participle of refeed.

Words near refed in the dictionary

  1. refectories
  2. refectory
  3. refectory table
  4. refectory tables
  5. refects
  6. refed
  7. refederalization
  8. refederalize
  9. refederalized
  10. refederalizes
  11. refederalizing

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