refeed

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To feed (a person or organism) again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.

   “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.”

2. (transitive)To feed (material) back into a machine.
3. (transitive)To feed material back into (a machine).

   “The printer was refed with paper.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The process of giving food again.

   “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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The feeding of material back into a machine.
3. (countable, uncountable)A retransmission.

   “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 […]”