bottlefed
lˌfid verb (used with object)
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)
3.
to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle.
Origin:
1860–65
1860–65
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| bottle-feed | |
| —vb , -feeds, -feeding, -fed | |
| to feed (a baby) with milk from a bottle instead of breast-feeding | |
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