handfeed

verb

Etymology

From hand + feed.

  1. derived from *peh₂-
  2. inherited from *fōdijaną
  3. inherited from *fōdijan
  4. inherited from fēdan
  5. inherited from feden
  6. compounded as handfeed — “hand + feed

Definitions

  1. Of an animal or machine, to feed by hand.

    • Marjorie handfeeds one of her many pets, an orphaned joey, at Campbell Town.
    • It would be important to keep the total number of cattle handfed on property to a minimum.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA