1.  feeding(n = noun.act) eating - the act of consuming food;
is a kind of consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
has parts: chew, chewing, manduction, mastication
has particulars: mycophagy, bite, chomp, browse, browsing, coprophagia, coprophagy, dining, engorgement, banqueting, feasting, graze, grazing, lunching, repletion, surfeit, supping, degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting, necrophagia, necrophagy, omophagia, scatophagy
Derived form verb feed₆

2.  feeding(n = noun.act) alimentation - the act of supplying food and nourishment;
is a kind of provision, supply, supplying
has particulars: lactation, suckling, infant feeding, forced feeding, gavage, intravenous feeding, iv, overfeeding, spoonfeeding, hyperalimentation, total parenteral nutrition, tpn
Derived forms verb feed₂, verb feed₁

1.  the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening. [1913 Webster]

2.  That which is eaten; food. [1913 Webster]

3.  That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. [1913 Webster]

breast feeding, demand feeding, feeding bottle, feeding chair, forced feeding, infant feeding, intravenous feeding, nasogastric feeding, schedule feeding