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FORCE-FEED (force-fed)
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Irregular inflected form: force-fed
Dictionary entry overview: What does force-feed mean?
• FORCE-FEED (verb)
The verb FORCE-FEED has 1 sense:
1. feed someone who will not or cannot eat
Familiarity information: FORCE-FEED used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they force-feed ... he / she / it force-feeds
Past simple: force-fed
Past participle: force-fed
-ing form: force-feeding
... he / she / it force-feeds Past simple: force-fed
Past participle: force-fed
-ing form: force-feeding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feed someone who will not or cannot eat
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Hypernyms (to "force-feed" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
forced feeding (feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat)
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