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To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
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The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.
It's natural if you are coming out of a dieted state to see a rapid surge in appetite as you begin refeeding.
To feed (material) back into a machine.
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To feed material back into (a machine).
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The printer was refed with paper.
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The process of giving food again.
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For this reason, you may wish to schedule a refeed on a day when you're not working, so that you're not dealing with the fatigue that can accompany wide blood sugar swings.
The feeding of material back into a machine.
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A retransmission.
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During the current season, PBS will transmit […] 1,482 hours of program transmission and 2,366 hours of refeeds, station services, and regional split.
The network also provides a refeed of programs which schools feel warrant repeating […]