breastfeedverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈbrest.fiːd/us/ˈbrest.fiːd/breastfedWhen a mother breastfeeds her baby, she feeds it with milk directly from her breasts rather than with artificial or cow's milk from a bottle.
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Giving food to people & animals
- bottle-feed
- fatted
- fatten sb/sth up
- fed
- feed
- feed sb/sth up
- force-feed
- nourish
- nurse
- nursing
- spoon
- spoon-feed
- tube feeding
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Parenting & caring for children
breastfeeding
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbrest.fiː.dɪŋ/us/ˈbrest.fiː.dɪŋ/