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Definition of drip-feed verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

drip-feed

verb
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːd/
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they drip-feed
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːd/
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːd/
he / she / it drip-feeds
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːdz/
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːdz/
past simple drip-fed
 
/ˈdrɪp fed/
 
/ˈdrɪp fed/
past participle drip-fed
 
/ˈdrɪp fed/
 
/ˈdrɪp fed/
-ing form drip-feeding
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːdɪŋ/
 
/ˈdrɪp fiːdɪŋ/
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  1. drip-feed somebody/something to give somebody something in separate small amounts
    • The media is very aware of the kind of information it drip-feeds to the public.
    • She drip-feeds £20 a month into the fund.
  2. drip-feed somebody to supply liquid food, medicine, etc. slowly and continuously into somebody's body
    • The baby had to be taken to hospital and drip-fed.
    • The syringe pump can drip-feed drugs into the body over a long period of time.
See drip-feed in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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