Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-feed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables
self--feed
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a drill or drill bit: designed to pull itself into the material being drilled, for better precision.

verb

To provide rations to animals in bulk so as to permit feeding as wanted.

Etymology

From self- + feed.

Inflected Forms

self-feeds (present, singular) self-feeding (participle, present) self-fed (participle, past) self-fed (past)

Questions

What does self-feed mean?
Of a drill or drill bit: designed to pull itself into the material being drilled, for better precision.
Where does self-feed come from?
From self- + feed.

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