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underfeed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-feed
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To feed inadequately or insufficiently.

Transitive verb

verb

To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from below.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English feed English underfeed From under- + feed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underfeeds (present, singular) underfeeding (participle, present) underfed (participle, past) underfed (past)

Derived Forms

underfeeder

Rhymes With

need read lead speed agreed spread indeed port said feed we'd seed succeed

Questions

What does underfeed mean?
To feed inadequately or insufficiently.
Where does underfeed come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English feed English underfeed From under- + feed.

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