Usually means: Gradual, continuous supply or release.
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  1. drip-feed, drip-feed: Collins English Dictionary
  2. drip-feed: Wordnik
  3. drip-feed: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. drip-feed: Dictionary.com
  5. drip-feed: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. drip-feed: Wiktionary

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  1. drip-feed: Financial dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drip-feed: Medical dictionary

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noun:  A device for dispensing liquids in a slow, regular stream of drops or very small quantities.
noun:  (especially medicine) A device for dripping nutrients or drugs directly into a patient's bloodstream.
verb:  (transitive) To dispense (a liquid) using a drip-feed.
verb:  (transitive) To administer nutrients, drugs, etc. to (a patient) using a drip-feed.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To dispense or dole out in very small portions over a period of time.

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