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underfeed
verb un·der·feed \ˌən-dər-ˈfēd\
un·der·fed\-ˈfed\un·der·feed·ing
Definition of UNDERFEED
transitive verb
: to feed with too little food
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First Known Use of UNDERFEED
1659
Rhymes with UNDERFEED
aniseed, antecede, beating reed, beggarweed, bitterweed, bottle-feed, bugleweed, butterweed, carpetweed, centipede, chicken feed, copyread, cottonseed, cottonweed, crazyweed, double reed, Ganymede, giant reed, go to seed, interbreed, intercede, interplead, jewelweed, jimsonweed, locoweed, millipede, Nicene Creed, overfeed, pedigreed, pickerelweed, poppy seed, Port Said, pumpkinseed, quitclaim deed, retrocede, rosinweed, Runnymede, silverweed, supersede, thimbleweed, title deed, tumbleweed, up to speed, waterweed
Medical Dictionary
underfeed
verb un·der·feed \ˌən-dər-ˈfēd\
un·der·fed \-ˈfed\ un·der·feed·ing
Medical Definition of UNDERFEED
transitive verb
: to feed with too little food <an underfed woman has a higher probability of a miscarriage and of a stillbirth—Rose E. Frisch>
intransitive verb
: to eat too little food
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