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forced feeding
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feeding /feed·ing/ (fēd´ing) the taking or giving of food.
artificial feeding  feeding of a baby with food other than mother's milk.
breast feeding  see under B.
forced feeding  administration of food by force to those who cannot or will not receive it.

forced feeding
n.
1. Administration of liquid food through a nasal tube passed into the stomach. Also called forced alimentation.
2. Forcing a person to eat more food than desired.

force-feed v.

forced
done by force.

forced feeding
see force feeding, intravenous alimentation.


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NO ONE IN the state of New Jersey produces foie gras, and no Garden State farmer has announced any plans to start force-feeding ducks or selling liver pate.
Besides pursuing a phosphorus version of the silicon superconductor, Bustarret and his team are force-feeding elements to other semiconductors--such as aluminum nitride--that they expect to superconduct at higher temperatures.
Spinach pandemic legal update: 11-year-old Bobby Plunger of West Hills plans to sue his parents over the many years of force-feeding him killer spinach.
 
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