bot·tle-feed
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Audio Help [bot-l-feed] Pronunciation Key verb, -fed, -feed·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without 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. |
| 3. | to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle. |
[Origin: 1860–65
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] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
bottlefeed
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| bottlefeed | |
verb | |
| feed (infants) with a bottle [ant: breastfeed] |
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