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ruokkia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • diet noun The food and drink a person or animal regularly consumes.
  • feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
  • graze verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
  • sustain verb To keep something going or in existence over time.

Senses

ruokkia is used for these senses in English:

  • diet (transitive, dated) To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
  • diet (obsolete, transitive) To cause to take food; to feed.
  • feed (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
  • feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
  • graze (transitive) To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
  • sustain (transitive) To provide for or nourish.

diet — full definition

  1. noun The food and drink a person or animal regularly consumes.
  2. noun A controlled eating plan followed to lose weight or improve health.
  3. adjective Having reduced sugar, fat, or calories compared to the standard version.
  4. verb To eat according to a controlled plan, usually to lose weight.

feed — full definition

  1. verb To give food to a person or animal.
  2. verb To supply material into a machine or process.
  3. noun Food given to farm animals or pets.
  4. noun A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.

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