Definition of "self-feeding" []

• Capable of feeding one's self or itself; keeping up automatically a supply of anything of which there is a constant consumption, waste, use, or application for some purpose: as, a self-feeding boiler, furnace, printing-press, etc.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Cortical control of a prosthetic arm for self-feeding."
• "In the Daily Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard warned that the EU is forcing a "final catharsis" on Greece:The country appears to be in a self-feeding downward spiral that is playing havoc with budget targets, leaving Greece with a Sisyphean task of ever deeper cuts."
• "The downgrades emphasize the self-feeding downward financial cycle in the euro area."