verb
Meaning 1
To feed inadequately or insufficiently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underfeed
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rhymes with -iːd
verb
Meaning 2
To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from below.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English feed English underfeed From under- + feed.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: недохранвам (nedohranvam) — to feed insufficiently
- French: sous-alimenter — to feed insufficiently
- German: unterernähren — to feed insufficiently
- German: unterfüttern — to feed insufficiently
- Hungarian: alultáplál — to feed insufficiently
- Polish: głodzić — to feed insufficiently
- Polish: zagładzać — to feed insufficiently
- Polish: zagłodzić — to feed insufficiently
- Swedish: undernära — to feed insufficiently