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  • drip-feed — drip feeds, drip feeding, drip fed also drip feed VERB If you drip feed money into something, you pay the money a little at a time rather than paying it all at once. [V n into n] ...investors who adopt the sensible policy of drip feeding money… …   English dictionary

  • drip-feed — I UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms drip feed : present tense I/you/we/they drip feed he/she/it drip feeds present participle drip feeding past tense drip fed past participle drip fed 1) medical to give food or medicine to someone who is ill… …   English dictionary

  • drip-feed — /ˈdrɪp fid/ (say drip feed) noun 1. a supply of a liquid delivered drop by drop. 2. a. a tube which supplies blood, plasma, saline or sugar solutions, usually intravenously, to a patient. b. the substance thus administered. 3. a supply of… …  

  • drip feed — noun a device for introducing fluid drop by drop into a system. verb (drip feed) 1》 introduce (fluid) drop by drop.     ↘supply (a patient) with fluid through a drip. 2》 provide gradually and in small amounts: their correspondence is being drip… …   English new terms dictionary

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  • dripfeed — drip feed n. 1. Administration of blood, plasma, saline, or sugar solutions, usually intravenously, a drop at a time. 2. a. The device or tubes by which such a substance is administered. b. The substance administered.   dripʹ feedʹ (drĭpʹfēdʹ) v …   Universalium

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