Refeed
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The process of giving food again. countable, uncountable
"For this reason, you may wish to schedule a refeed on a day when you're not working, so that you're not dealing with the fatigue that can accompany wide blood sugar swings."
- 2 The feeding of material back into a machine. countable, uncountable
- 3 A retransmission. countable, uncountable
"During the current season, PBS will transmit […] 1,482 hours of program transmission and 2,366 hours of refeeds, station services, and regional split."
- 1 To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment. ambitransitive
"The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks."
- 2 To feed (material) back into a machine. transitive
- 3 To feed material back into (a machine). transitive
"The printer was refed with paper."
Example
More examples"The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks."
Etymology
From re- + feed.
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