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noun
The process of giving food again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The feeding of material back into a machine.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A retransmission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, media
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verb
To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
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Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
To feed (material) back into a machine.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To feed material back into (a machine).
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Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English feed English refeed From re- + feed.
Across languages
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