▪ I. force-ˈfeed, v.
[f. force n.1 23 + feed v.]
To feed by force; also fig. So force-ˈfeeding vbl. n.
| 1909 Webster, Force feeding, feeding (poultry, etc.) by pushing food forcibly down the throat, as by a cramming machine. 1912 D. F. Laurie Poultry Foods & Feeding v. 83 Machine or force feeding is the most..satisfactory method of feeding large numbers of fattening chickens. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy 182 Otherwise he had to be force-fed. 1962 Times 15 Feb. 15/5 We had..put her [sc. a dolphin] in a small side tank in order to force-feed her. 1964 Economist 8 Feb. 504/2 The feeders who buy the animals and force-feed them nearly two tons of grain. 1964 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka vi. 52 He brought a jug of lukewarm beef tea, and the task of force-feeding began. 1971 Guardian 26 Aug. 10/5 Being force-fed information is a habit one can break. |
▪ II. force-ˈfeed, n.
[f. force n.1 23 + feed n., or f. prec.]
A supply, esp. of lubricant, that is maintained under applied force or pressure. Usu. attrib.
| 1918 V. W. Pagé Aviation Engines vii. 19 When a force-feed lubricating system is used, the oil..is thrown off at a tangent to the crank-pin circle in all directions. 1921 W. H. Berry Mod. Motor Car Pract. i. 44 This system of partial force-feed has been developed into a true forced-feed system. 1938 C. Culpin Farm Machinery viii. 116 It has the advantage of all force-feed drills, and gives a more continuous flow of seed than the external-feed type. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. VII. 607/1 In the force-feed system the pump pressure insures a steady replacement of the oil which has been heated by friction work with fresh cool oil. |