refeed
refeed verb: to feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
Verb
refeed (third-person singular simple present refeeds, present participle refeeding, simple past and past participle refed)
- 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
- It's natural if you are coming out of a dieted state to see a rapid surge in appetite as you begin refeeding.2013, Matt Stone, Diet Recovery 2, page 47
- To feed (material) back into a machine.
- To feed material back into (a machine).
- The printer was refed with paper.
Noun
refeed (countable and uncountable, plural refeeds)
- The process of giving food again.
- For this reason, you may wish to schedule a refeed on a day when you're not working, so that you're not dealing with the fatigue that can accompany wide blood sugar swings.2005, Lyle McDonald, A Guide To Flexible Dieting, page 49
- The feeding of material back into a machine.
- A retransmission.
- During the current season, PBS will transmit […] 1,482 hours of program transmission and 2,366 hours of refeeds, station services, and regional split.1973, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications and Power, Public Broadcasting - 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, page 29
- The network also provides a refeed of programs which schools feel warrant repeating […]Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission, Annual Report - Volume 7, Parts 1974-1975
refeed meaning in Bengali
refeed in Bengali
- কোনো ব্যক্তি, জীবকে আবার খাওয়ানো, পুনরায় খাবার দেওয়ার প্রক্রিয়া
Forms of refeed
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | refeeds |
| present participle | refeeding |
| past participle | refed |
| past | refed |
| Noun | |
| plural | refeeds |
Origin of refeed
From re- + feed.
Words formed from refeed
Questions about refeed
- What does refeed mean?
- Refeed means to feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
- What is refeed in Bengali?
- Refeed in Bengali is কোনো ব্যক্তি, জীবকে আবার খাওয়ানো, পুনরায় খাবার দেওয়ার প্রক্রিয়া. See Refeed meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is refeed?
- Refeed can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of refeed?
- The past tense of refeed is refed.
Words near refeed in the dictionary
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