verb, -fed, -feed⋅ing.| 1. | to nurse or feed (an infant or young animal) with milk or other nourishment from a nursing bottle. |
| 2. | to nurture or teach with exaggerated care: We had to bottle-feed the new salesman on how to make door-to-door calls. |
| 3. | to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle. |
