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hand-feed

hand-feed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hand feed]
    • /hænd fid/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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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