refeeding
refeeding is the present participle and gerund of refeed.
Meaning of refeed
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
- To feed (material) back into a machine.
- To feed material back into (a machine).
- The printer was refed with paper.
Noun
refeeding (countable and uncountable, plural refeedings)
- The process of feeding again, typically after a fast.
- Synonyms:
- renutrition
Synonyms of refeeding
Forms of refeeding
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Words formed from refeeding
Questions about refeeding
- What does refeeding mean?
- Refeeding means the process of feeding again, typically after a fast.
- What is refeeding the present participle and gerund of?
- Refeeding is the present participle and gerund of refeed.
- What part of speech is refeeding?
- Refeeding is a noun.
- What is the plural of refeeding?
- The plural of refeeding is refeedings.
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