hand-feed
verb
hand-fed
ˈhan(d)-ˈfed 
; hand-feeding
; hand-feeding
: to feed by hand
He does not just hunt sharks, he hand-feeds them live salmon from a submerged cage.—
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But the people who did the actual hands-on work of incubating the eggs and hand-feeding the chicks around the clock were a dedicated team of aviculturists and bird keepers.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
But when hand-fed something yummy, the rats still liked it.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 22 May 2024
Guests can snorkel the artificial Grand Reef teeming with fish and graceful rays, spend hours floating the lazy river that winds under waterfalls, and hand-feed birds in the aviary.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Beyond the bustle of cleaning wounds and hand-feeding animals — some of the babies need to be fed every one to two hours — there’s the sheer amount of housekeeping that goes into caring for this many animals.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
According to Australia media, the couple visited the zoo for a private tour and were photographed hand-feeding a kangaroo and snapping selfies in between assorted PDA.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The Memphis Zoo welcomed the baby pygmy slow loris in a Jan. 29 Facebook video, which showed the endangered primate being hand-fed by staff.
—Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
But when hand-fed something yummy, the rats still liked it.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 22 May 2024
Guests can snorkel the artificial Grand Reef teeming with fish and graceful rays, spend hours floating the lazy river that winds under waterfalls, and hand-feed birds in the aviary.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Beyond the bustle of cleaning wounds and hand-feeding animals — some of the babies need to be fed every one to two hours — there’s the sheer amount of housekeeping that goes into caring for this many animals.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
According to Australia media, the couple visited the zoo for a private tour and were photographed hand-feeding a kangaroo and snapping selfies in between assorted PDA.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The Memphis Zoo welcomed the baby pygmy slow loris in a Jan. 29 Facebook video, which showed the endangered primate being hand-fed by staff.
—Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Hand-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand-feed. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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