Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hand feed]
- /hænd fid/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hand feed]
- /hænd fid/
Definitions of hand-feed word
- verb with object hand-feed Agriculture. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Compare self-feed. 1
- verb with object hand-feed to feed (an animal or person) by hand: The students hand-fed the baby monkeys with an eyedropper. 1
- verb transitive hand-feed to feed by hand 0
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Origin of hand-feed
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hand-feed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hand-feed popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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