Meanings
verbfree-feed (third-person singular simple present free-feeds, present participle free-feeding, simple past and past participle free-fed)
present singular third person free-feeds · participle present free-feeding · participle past free-fed · past free-fed · alternative freefeed
- transitiveTo allow (an animal or person) to eat whenever they choose, rather than on a fixed schedule.
Don't free-feed your poodle while you're housetraining.
2004, The Everything Poodle Book, →ISBN - intransitiveTo eat whenever one chooses, rather than on a fixed schedule.
Your dog free-feeds, meaning he eats whenever he wants.
2014, Kari Neumeyer, Bark and Lunge: Saving My Dog from Training Mistakes
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APA
free-feed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free-feed
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“free-feed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free-feed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “free-feed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free-feed.
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