Meaning Of The Word Breast-feed

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Breast-feed Meaning

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Breast-feed Definition

What's The Definition Of Breast-feed?

breast-feed
verb: When a woman breast-feeds her baby, she feeds it with milk from her breasts, rather than from a bottle.

breast-feed in American English
to feed (a baby) milk from the breast; suckle; nurse
intransitive verb: to nurse
transitive verb: to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle

breast-feed in British English
verb: to feed (a baby) with milk from the breast; suckle

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