bottle-feed

[ bot-l-feed ]
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verb (used with object),bot·tle-fed, bot·tle-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.

verb (used without object),bot·tle-fed, bot·tle-feed·ing.
  1. to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle.

Origin of bottle-feed

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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British Dictionary definitions for bottle-feed

bottle-feed

verb-feeds, -feeding or -fed
  1. to feed (a baby) with milk from a bottle instead of breast-feeding

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