FORCED FEEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forced feeding mean? 

• FORCED FEEDING (noun)
  The noun FORCED FEEDING has 1 sense:

1. feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat

  Familiarity information: FORCED FEEDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORCED FEEDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

forced feeding; gavage

Hypernyms ("forced feeding" is a kind of...):

alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forced feeding"):

nasogastric feeding (feeding consisting of delivering liquid nutrients through a tube passing through the nose and into the stomach)

gastrogavage (feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening)

Derivation:

force-feed (feed someone who will not or cannot eat)