underfeed
To feed inadequately or insufficiently.
Verb
- To feed inadequately or insufficiently.
- To feed material (e.g. fuel into a burner) from below.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English feed English underfeed From under- + feed.