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
But Wootten was hospitalized for nearly three weeks, keeping her from breastfeeding.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
There are all sorts of nasty, lurid details about how Spears treated her children, ranging from drinking while breastfeeding to standing in their doorway with a knife in her hands.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Stephenson also advises women who are trying to conceive, are pregnant, or are currently breastfeeding to take a broad-spectrum supplement that contains zinc.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2025
The next morning, Federline called his lawyer Mark Kaplan to draft a legal letter demanding that Spears stop breastfeeding their children, and Federline left town to promote his record, ignoring her calls and messages.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
There are all sorts of nasty, lurid details about how Spears treated her children, ranging from drinking while breastfeeding to standing in their doorway with a knife in her hands.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Stephenson also advises women who are trying to conceive, are pregnant, or are currently breastfeeding to take a broad-spectrum supplement that contains zinc.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2025
The next morning, Federline called his lawyer Mark Kaplan to draft a legal letter demanding that Spears stop breastfeeding their children, and Federline left town to promote his record, ignoring her calls and messages.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breast-feed
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The rookie quarterback continues to nurse a back injury.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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One recalled that the mom of an Ole Miss first-year stayed in the family’s new campus-adjacent apartment last fall to provide logistical and moral support during sorority rush, lending her daughter a hand in fixing hair or nursing a hangover.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 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 13 Nov. 2025.
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