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breast·feed or breast-feed (br

)

v. breast-fed (-f

), breast-feed·ing, breast-feeds

v.tr.

To feed (a baby) mother's milk from the breast; suckle.

v.intr.

To breastfeed a baby.

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Verb

breastfeed - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

give suck, lactate, wet-nurse, suckle, nurse, suck

suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"

feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

bottlefeed - feed (infants) with a bottle

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