Dictionary
hand-feed
Pronunciation: (hand'fēd'), [key]—
v.t., -fed, -feed•ing.
1. Agric.to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Cf.
self-feed.
2. to feed (an animal or person) by hand:
The students hand-fed the baby monkeys with an eyedropper. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.