hand-feed

hand-feed
/hand"feed"/, v.t., hand-fed, hand-feeding.
1. Agric. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Cf. self-feed.
2. to feed (an animal or person) by hand: The students hand-fed the baby monkeys with an eyedropper.
[1795-1805]

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