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bottle-feed
verb
bot·tle-feed
ˈbä-tᵊl-ˌfēd
bottle-fed; bottle-feeding
: to feed with a bottle
bottle-feed an infant
Examples of bottle-feed in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The nipple flow may be slow for babies who were bottle-fed early.
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Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 16 May 2024
The Legumes have recently graduated from needing to be bottle-fed to eating gruel every five hours or so.
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The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
While bottle-feeding a lamb, Everett watched sheep wander the green hills of the pasture, and thought of the crowds in Miami.
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Maya Binyam, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The infant manatees had to be bottle-fed every four hours.
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Jason Gulley Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
The convenience of running a regular steam cycle for bottles, pump parts and associated accessories, gives bottle-feeding families one less thing to think about during those early weeks and months.
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Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
The toddler was mostly bottle-fed and was not potty-trained, Vang told a detective, according to the complaint.
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Paradise Afshar, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
To help Jameela grow, zoo keepers have been bottle-feeding the baby gorilla every two to three hours.
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Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
On Wednesday, the Oscar-winning actress, 56, shared adorable snaps of herself bottle-feeding a baby lamb on what appears to be her home farm in Australia.
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Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1869, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Bottle-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottle-feed. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
bottle-feed
verb
bot·tle-feed
ˈbät-ᵊl-ˌfēd
bottle-fed; bottle-feeding
: to feed (as an infant) with a bottle
Medical Definition
bottle-feed
transitive verb
bot·tle-feed
ˈbät-ᵊl-ˌfēd
bottle-fed; bottle-feeding
: to feed (an infant) from a bottle rather than by breastfeeding
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