refeed
verb, noun
refeed is a verb meaning “To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-E-E-D, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does refeed mean?
verb
- 1
To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
- 2
To feed (material) back into a machine.
- 3
To feed material back into (a machine).
The printer was refed with paper.
noun
- 1
The process of giving food again.
- 2
The feeding of material back into a machine.
- 3
A retransmission.
The network also provides a refeed of programs which schools feel warrant repeating […]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of refeed
- refeeds present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- refeeding participle, present
- refed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is refeed?
Refeed appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Refeed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | realimentar , realimentación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does refeed come from?
From re- + feed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).