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FORCE-FEED
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: force-fed
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they force-feed ... he / she / it force-feeds
Past simple: force-fed
-ing form: force-feeding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feed someone who will not or cannot eat
Classified under:
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)