underfeed

English

Etymology

under- +‎ feed

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

underfeed (third-person singular simple present underfeeds, present participle underfeeding, simple past and past participle underfed)

1. To feed inadequately or insufficiently.
2. To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from below.

Translations

to feed insufficiently

• Bulgarian: недохранвам (nedohranvam)
• French: sous-alimenter (fr)
• German: unterernähren; (baby, animal, etc.) unterfüttern (de)
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• Polish: głodzić impf, zagładzać impf, zagłodzić (pl) pf