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    FORCE-FEED

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: force-fed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they force-feed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it force-feeds  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: force-fed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: force-fed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: force-feeding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Feed someone who will not or cannot eatplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of eating and drinking

    Hypernyms (to "force-feed" is one way to...):

    feed; give (give food 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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