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Meaning of refeed | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
    ambitransitive
  2. To feed (material) back into a machine.
    transitive
  3. To feed material back into (a machine).
    transitive

Examples

“The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.”
“It's natural if you are coming out of a dieted state to see a rapid surge in appetite as you begin refeeding.”
“The printer was refed with paper.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

refeeding refeeds refeel refeeling refeels refel

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