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Antonyms for feedings
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fee-ding |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi dɪŋ |
Definition of feedings
Origin :- Old English fedan "nourish, feed, sustain, foster," from Proto-Germanic *fodjan (cf. Old Saxon fodjan, Old Frisian feda, Dutch voeden, Old High German fuotan, Old Norse foeða, Gothic fodjan "to feed"), from PIE *pa- "to protect, feed" (see food). Feeding frenzy is from 1989, metaphoric extension of a phrase that had been used of sharks since 1950s.
- As in pasture : noun field for animals
- As in repletion : noun satiation
- As in satiety : noun satiation
- As in farming : noun producing crops, raising animals
- Boiled water and stimulants may be given between the feedings.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague
- The feedings should be reduced in quantity and the interval doubled.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague
- (4 tablespoonfuls) at each milk feeding, given in eight feedings.
- Extract from : « Dietetics for Nurses » by Fairfax T. Proudfit
- Many regard these as doublets, similar to the two feedings in Mark.
- Extract from : « The Life of Jesus of Nazareth » by Rush Rhees
- When should the interval between the feedings be lengthened?
- Extract from : « The Care and Feeding of Children » by L. Emmett Holt
- Often, with a child a year old, it is necessary to reduce the number of feedings to four or even three in twenty-four hours.
- Extract from : « The Care and Feeding of Children » by L. Emmett Holt
- At such times also the usual food should be diluted, and water should be given freely between the feedings.
- Extract from : « The Care and Feeding of Children » by L. Emmett Holt
- The number of feedings should be reduced, the interval being lengthened by one hour or even more.
- Extract from : « The Care and Feeding of Children » by L. Emmett Holt
- Every two hours during the day and twice during the night, or ten feedings during the twenty-four hours.
- Extract from : « The Care and Feeding of Children » by L. Emmett Holt
- Should each feeding be prepared at the time it is given, or all feedings at one time, as during the first year?
- Extract from : « The Care and Feeding of Children » by L. Emmett Holt
Synonyms for feedings
- agriculture
- agronomics
- agronomy
- breeding
- crop-raising
- cultivation
- culture
- engorgement
- feeding
- fertilizing
- filling
- gardening
- geoponics
- gleaning
- glut
- grass
- gratification
- grazing
- growing
- harvesting
- herbage
- homesteading
- hydroponics
- indulgence
- landscaping
- lea
- meadow
- operating
- overfilling
- production
- ranching
- range
- reaping
- repletion
- satiety
- saturation
- seeding
- share-cropping
- slaking
- soil culture
- surfeit
- threshing
- tillage
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