Force-feed (Verb)
Meaning
Feed someone who will not or cannot eat.
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The hospital staff had to force-feed the patient who had been on a hunger strike for several days.
- The anorexic teenager's parents were considering seeking medical help to force-feed her to save her life.
- During the famine, international aid workers came in to force-feed the starving children to keep them alive.
- The comatose man had to be force-fed through a tube to keep his body nourished while he recovered.
- In the refugee camp, nurses had to force-feed the malnourished children a nutrient-rich formula to help them regain their health.