BOTTLE-FEEDS Synonyms: 5 Similar and Opposite Words

bottle-feeds

verb

present tense third-person singular of bottle-feed

as in breast-feeds

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nurses

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At the family estate, Sybylla, who nurses inchoate hopes of becoming a writer, is to be remade into a suitable wife.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

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