as in to breast-feed
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Recent Examples of bottle-feed
Unlike the other contestants, she’s not dressed up in a tuxedo or sitting at a table to eat expensive-looking food — she’s being bottle-fed in her crib.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
From left: Grandfather William bottle-feeds his newborn granddaughter.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
The remaining three went together to someone with experience bottle-feeding kittens.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 26 May 2025
Plan to nurse or bottle-feed during take-off and landing to ease ear pain from the change in cabin pressure, and, if accessible, book the bassinet in advance.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
The humane society raised money, bottle-fed the puppies and got them proper veterinary care.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The result of both inadequate support for new mothers and poor medical advice was that more and more mothers bottle-fed their babies cow’s milk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Asked to comment on the X post, Colossal replied with a quote attributed to chief animal officer James, who bottle-fed the dire wolves as babies.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
The pups fed from the surrogate for just a few days, after which the Colossal team removed them and bottle-fed them because the surrogate was actually becoming too attentive—disrupting the pups’ regular sleeping and feeding schedules.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
From left: Grandfather William bottle-feeds his newborn granddaughter.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
The remaining three went together to someone with experience bottle-feeding kittens.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 26 May 2025
Plan to nurse or bottle-feed during take-off and landing to ease ear pain from the change in cabin pressure, and, if accessible, book the bassinet in advance.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
The humane society raised money, bottle-fed the puppies and got them proper veterinary care.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The result of both inadequate support for new mothers and poor medical advice was that more and more mothers bottle-fed their babies cow’s milk.
— Made By History, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Asked to comment on the X post, Colossal replied with a quote attributed to chief animal officer James, who bottle-fed the dire wolves as babies.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
The pups fed from the surrogate for just a few days, after which the Colossal team removed them and bottle-fed them because the surrogate was actually becoming too attentive—disrupting the pups’ regular sleeping and feeding schedules.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottle-feed
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Medical professionals, including naturopaths, recommend breastfeeding a baby during their first six months of life for optimal nutrition, or using formula almost exclusively.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2025
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The day after Hank’s admission, Kay and her husband, Ross, explained to George about the baby’s difficulty with breastfeeding, his inexplicable pain and his inability to tolerate formula.—
Jessica Lussenhop,
ProPublica,
30 June 2025
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The other two are named Romulus and Remus, after the mythical founders of Rome said to have been suckled by a she-wolf as infants.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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What are the neurons that make muscles ache and fatigue, or trigger migraines, or cause milk to flow in a mother’s breast when her baby suckles?—
Ariel Bleicher,
Quanta Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Bottle-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle-feed. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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