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
Verb
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The shrinking rations have led to rising cases of malnutrition among children under 5 and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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My favorite section, hidden to the right — handscrolls can only be viewed one section at a time — illustrates a breastfeeding woman in the audience.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 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 3 Jul. 2025.
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