Meanings
verbunderfeed (third-person singular simple present underfeeds, present participle underfeeding, simple past and past participle underfed)
present singular third person underfeeds · participle present underfeeding · participle past underfed · past underfed
- transitiveTo feed inadequately or insufficiently.
- To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from below.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishfeed
- Englishunderfeed
Translations
Bulgarian недохранвам
- недохранвам (nedohranvam)to feed insufficiently
French sous-alimenter
- sous-alimenterto feed insufficiently
German unterernähren, unterfüttern
- unterernährento feed insufficiently
- unterfütternto feed insufficiently
Hungarian alultáplál
- alultáplálto feed insufficiently
Polish głodzić, zagładzać
- głodzićto feed insufficiently
- zagładzaćto feed insufficiently
- zagłodzićto feed insufficiently
Swedish undernära
- undernärato feed insufficiently
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with underfeed
readneedspeedleadfeedagreedindeedspreadexceedreedproceedsucceedweedReidbeaddeedcreedliedmeadgreedbleedtweedheedplead
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APA
underfeed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfeed
MLA
“underfeed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfeed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underfeed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfeed.
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