verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To feed inadequately or insufficiently. transitive
2. 2
   To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from below.

Synonyms

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malnourishunderfedundernourish

Antonyms

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overfedoverfeed

Etymology

From under- + feed.