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crossfeed

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: sound

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The supplying of one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or of an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, astronautics, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To supply one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, astronautics, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To blend the left and right channels of a stereo recording.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: sound

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To coexist on a single limiting resource where one strain or species grows on the primary resource and the second grows on the partially degraded resource excreted by the first.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

From cross- + feed.