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hand-feed

handfeedverb

hand-feed

handfed

Past Simple

handfed

Past Participle

handfeeding

Gerund

/ˈhændfiːd/

/ˈhændfid/

Translations

кормить с рук

She likes to handfeed the birds in her garden.

Она любит кормить с рук птиц в своем саду.

Definitions

To feed (an animal or person) by hand, often directly placing food into the mouth.

The zookeeper had to handfeed the baby bird until it was strong enough to eat on its own.

To insert or supply materials manually into a machine rather than using an automatic feeder.

Operators must handfeed the sheets into the old printing press.

Synonyms

feed by hand

provide food

handfeednoun

Definitions

The act or practice of feeding an animal or person by hand.

Handfeed of the orphaned lambs takes place every four hours.