drip-feed

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drip feed

1. Administration of blood, plasma, saline, or sugar solutions, usually intravenously, a drop at a time.

a. The device or tubes by which such a substance is administered.

b. The substance administered.

drip′-feed′ v.

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drip-feed

(Medicine) another name for drip⁶

vb (tr)

1. (Medicine) to administer a solution to (someone) by means of a drip-feed

2. to supply (information) constantly but in small amounts

3. (Commerce) informal to fund (a new company) in stages rather than by injecting a large sum at its inception

a constant supply of small amounts of information

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Translations

drip-feed

[ˈdrɪpˌfiːd]

A. N → alimentación f gota a gota, gota a gota m inv
to be on a drip-feed → recibir alimentación gota a gota

B. VT (drip-fed (pt, pp)) → alimentar gota a gota

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

drip-feed

[ˈdrɪpfiːd] vt

(MEDICINE) [+ patient] → alimenter par perfusion

(= gradually release) [+ money, information] → donner au compte-gouttes
to drip-feed money into sth → injecter de l'argent au compte-gouttes dans qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

drip-feed

[ˈdrɪpˌfiːd] vt → alimentare mediante fleboclisi

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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