drip feed
Slow steady supply
Drip feed describes giving something gradually in small amounts rather than all at once.
The term comes from medical IV drips that deliver fluids slowly into a patient's bloodstream.
Information, money, or content can be drip-fed: The studio drip-fed trailers over six months to build anticipation.
As a noun, a drip feed is either the medical apparatus or the strategy of controlled release.
- bagFlexible carrying container
- salineSalt-water solution
- intravenousInto the vein
- slowLacking in speed
- nutritionBodily use of food
infusion · trickle · drop by drop · bit by bit · hospital · hydration · breadcrumbing · installment plan · controlled release · catheter · rationing · tubing · valve · tube · steady · steady stream · administration · healthcare
- lubricationlubricant, oiling, grease, greasing, motor oil
- Agrochemicalsfertilizer, pesticides, pesticide, herbicides, herbicide
- fertilizersnitrogen, fertilizer, phosphorus, potassium, ammonia
- HydroponicsNPK, macronutrients, micronutrients, stock solution, pH meter
drip feeddump
Waste disposal site
flood · deluge · all at once · instant delivery · burst
drip feedopen access
Free public scholarly content
full disclosure · free flow · carte blanche · open floodgates · no holds barred
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