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breast-feed

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breast·feed or breast-feed  (brstfd)
v. breast-fed (-fd), breast-feed·ing, breast-feeds
v.tr.
To feed (a baby) mother's milk from the breast; suckle.
v.intr.
To breastfeed a baby.

breast-feed
vb -feeds, -feeding, -fed
(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) to feed (a baby) with milk from the breast; suckle
breast-fed  adj
breast-feeding  n
Translations
breast-feed [ˈbrestfɪːd] (breast-fed (pt, pp)) VTamamantar, criar a los pechos

breast-feed [ˈbrɛstˌfiːd] (breast-fed (pt, pp)) vt & viallattare (al seno)

breast-feed رضاعة طبيعية nakojit give bryst stillen θηλάζω amamantar imettää allaiter dojiti allattare al seno 授乳する 모유를 먹이다 borstvoeden amme nakarmić piersią amamentar кормить грудью amma ให้นมทารกด้วยนมแม่ emzirmek nuôi con bằng sữa mẹ 哺乳


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Only four out of 10 mothers aged under 20 in Wales breast-feed their babies.
A Dr Michael Kramer of McGill University in Montreal and the Montreal Children's Hospital finds that mothers who breast-feed or those who breastfeed longer or most exclusively are different from mothers who don't.
 
 
 
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