breast-feed

A form of breastfeed — To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

Meanings

verbbreast-feed (third-person singular simple present breast-feeds, present participle breast-feeding, simple past and past participle breast-fed)

present singular third person breast-feeds · participle present breast-feeding · participle past breast-fed · past breast-fed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of breastfeed.
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Chicago

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