hand-feed
Feed by palm
To hand-feed is to give food directly from your hand to an animal or person, rather than placing it in a dish or letting them forage: She hand-feeds the squirrels in her backyard.
The term implies a degree of trust or tameness in animals, or care and patience with humans who cannot feed themselves.
Hand-fed as an adjective describes animals raised this way: hand-fed parrots are usually friendlier.
State of needing support
- dependencyState of needing support
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- needinessExcessive emotional reliance
spoil · pamper · coddle · overprotect · crutch · inability · passivity
Provide sustenance to
- weanGradually withdraw dependence
- raiseLift or increase
- rearBack portion or raise
- fosterEncourage development of
tend · nurse · suckle · supplement · rehabilitate · strengthen · sustain · develop
Confidence in another
- tameMade gentle, manageable
- gentleSoft and kind
- socializeInteract with others
- habituateMake accustomed through repetition
imprint · bond · affection · closeness · attachment · rapport · companionship · connection
reliance
State of needing support
- dependencyState of needing support
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
neediness · spoil · pamper · coddle · overprotect · crutch · inability · passivity
nourish
Provide sustenance to
foster · tend · nurse · suckle · supplement · rehabilitate · strengthen · sustain · develop · cultivate
trust
Confidence in another
habituate · imprint · bond · affection · closeness · attachment · rapport · companionship · connection · familiarity
rehabilitate
Return to good condition
nestling · joey · cub · fawn · lamb · calf · foal · duckling · chick · hatchling