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
Shilajit should not be used during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or by people with medical conditions, including excess iron or specific cancers.
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Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
She's done that in the past with her home remedy for mastitis, an often painful inflammation of the breast tissue that is common in breastfeeding.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
That program, also known as WIC, helps about 6 million Americans, mostly new mothers and their children, with food and breastfeeding assistance.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 6 Oct. 2025
Those two departments have duties that include administering Medicaid and federal food assistance programs as well as the Women, Infants and Children Program that provides nutrition and breastfeeding support.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2025
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Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
She's done that in the past with her home remedy for mastitis, an often painful inflammation of the breast tissue that is common in breastfeeding.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
That program, also known as WIC, helps about 6 million Americans, mostly new mothers and their children, with food and breastfeeding assistance.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 6 Oct. 2025
Those two departments have duties that include administering Medicaid and federal food assistance programs as well as the Women, Infants and Children Program that provides nutrition and breastfeeding support.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2025
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For Sofia Coppola’s remake of the 1971 Don Siegel drama, Farrell took on a role originally played by Clint Eastwood, as the wounded Union soldier who is sheltered and nursed by a group of young women in a seminary in Confederate Virginia.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many years have passed since nursing home patients lived in the Redlands Road building, the obscure permit on which the occupancy rested has lapsed.—
Lou Murray,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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