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refeeds

refeeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of refeed.

refeeds is the plural 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 refeeds

What is refeeds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Refeeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of refeed.

Words near refeeds in the dictionary

  1. refeeder
  2. refeeders
  3. refeeding
  4. refeeding syndrome
  5. refeedings
  6. refeeds
  7. refeel
  8. refeeling
  9. refeels
  10. refel
  11. refell

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