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  1. The act of taking or giving food; the act of eating or of giving to eat.
  2. That which is eaten. Their most feeding is fish. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 311. Contention, like a horse Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1.
  3. That which furnishes food, especially for animals; pasture-land. They call him Doricles; and [he] boasts himself To have a worthy feeding. Shak., W. T., iv. 3. Finding the feeding, for which he had toil'd To have kept safe, by these vile cattle spoil'd. Drayton, Mooncalf. Meadows, Greens, Pastures, Feedings. Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, i. 1.
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  • We found that a longer period of breast-feeding was associated with lower BMI at 1 y of age (P = 0.04 for a linear trend). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Supporters of the bill say breast-feeding is the healthiest way to feed young infants. —  KIROTV.com - Local News
  • Couch has also found that some moms and some cultures are modest about breast-feeding, which is why they might shy away from it. —  Bakersfield.com Latest news
  • Read more about breast-feeding from the American Academy of Pediatrics. —  NewsNet5.com - Local News
  • Officials bewailed what they called the feeding of false information to certain quarters, which are now questioning the NIA project.
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