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breast-feed

Audio Help [brest-feed] Pronunciation Key verb, -fed, -feed·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.

–verb (used without object)

2.	(of a baby) to nurse.

3.	to nurse a baby.

[Origin: 1900–05

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breast·feed or breast-feed Audio Help   (brěst'fēd') Pronunciation Key
v.   breast-fed (-fěd'), breast-feed·ing, breast-feeds

v.   tr.
To feed (a baby) mother's milk from the breast; suckle.

v.   intr.
To breastfeed a baby.

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breastfeed
verb
give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [ant: bottlefeed]

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ˈbreastfeed verb

to feed (a baby) with milk from the breast

Arabic:	تُرضع (الطفل)
Chinese (Simplified):	给…喂奶
Chinese (Traditional):	給…餵奶
Czech:	kojit
Danish:	amme; give bryst
Dutch:	de borst geven
Estonian:	rinnaga toitma
Finnish:	imettää
French:	allaiter
German:	(mit Muttermilch) stillen
Greek:	θηλάζω
Hungarian:	(meg)szoptat, táplál
Icelandic:	hafa (barn) á brjósti
Indonesian:	menyusui
Italian:	allattare al seno*

Japanese:	母乳で育てる
Korean:	젖을 먹이다
Latvian:	barot (bērnu) ar krūti
Lithuanian:	maitinti krūtimi
Norwegian:	amme, gi bryst
Polish:	karmić piersią
Portuguese (Brazil):	amamentar
Portuguese (Portugal):	amamentar
Romanian:	a alăpta
Russian:	кормить грудью
Slovak:	dojčiť
Slovenian:	dojiti
Spanish:	amamantar, dar de mamar, dar la teta
Swedish:	amma
Turkish:	emzirmek, meme vermek