as in to nurse
to give milk to from the breast
believes that all women should breast-feed their babies
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Recent Examples of breast-feed
Pleats Please has seen her through into her breastfeeding journey.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
Ultimately, the study's findings support the view that breastfeeding during early infancy may help protect against CPP in both sexes.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Even if breastfeeding isn’t part of the plan, these pieces are soft and snuggly enough to wear anyway.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 12 Aug. 2025
August is awareness month for children’s eye health, gastroparesis (when food doesn’t move normally from stomach through intestines), breastfeeding, psoriasis and immunizations.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
Ultimately, the study's findings support the view that breastfeeding during early infancy may help protect against CPP in both sexes.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Even if breastfeeding isn’t part of the plan, these pieces are soft and snuggly enough to wear anyway.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 12 Aug. 2025
August is awareness month for children’s eye health, gastroparesis (when food doesn’t move normally from stomach through intestines), breastfeeding, psoriasis and immunizations.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breast-feed
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Rypien started for the Rams for one game in Green Bay with Stafford nursing a thumb injury in 2023.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Much of the audience is clearly children, the Gen Alpha tweens nursed on Cocomelon and Baby Shark hi-jinks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Dogs and cats often will suckle on a toy, or even another animal, as a way to re-create those memories of comfort from nursing their mothers.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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The best rooms look out over the sea and the rugged peaks of Cavall Bernat—a view shared by the rooftop restaurant, where local meats star in dishes like suckling porc negre and pastry stuffed with guinea fowl in almond sauce.—
Benjamin Kemper,
Saveur,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Breast-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breast-feed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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