Synonyms of the word

feeding

• v. present participle of feed.
• n. An instance of giving food.
• n. (dated) That which is eaten; food.
• n. (dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.

alimentation

• n. feeding, being fed; the provision of food and other necessities.

consumption

• n. The act of consuming, i.e., burning something.
• n. The act of eating, drinking or using.
• n. The amount consumed.
• n. (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
• n. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

eating

• v. present participle of eat.
• adj. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
• n. The act of ingesting food.
• n. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.
• n. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

ingestion

• n. The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other…

intake

• n. The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
• n. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
• n. The quantity taken in.
• n. An act or instance of taking in.
• n. The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
• v. To take or draw in (in all the senses of the noun).

provision

• n. An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
• n. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
• n. Money set aside for a future event.
• n. (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current…
• n. (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
• n. (Britain, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron…
• v. (transitive) To supply with provisions.
• v. (transitive, computing) To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system.

supply

• v. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
• v. (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
• v. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
• v. (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
• v. (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;…
• n. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
• n. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
• n. (in the plural) provisions.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual…
• n. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
• adv. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

supplying

• v. present participle of supply.

uptake

• n. understanding, comprehension.
• n. absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
• n. (dated) a chimney.
• v. (archaic) To take up, to lift.