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
Despite having more complex reproductive organs and the burdensome, sometimes fatal, functions that come with them — menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding — female bodies tend to outlast male bodies.
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Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
In a contemporary context, intense pressure on breastfeeding in the United States is coupled with equal cultural pressure to avoid breastfeeding in public.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
And, those who are pregnant or breastfeeding may want to avoid fish oil supplements altogether due to the potential for inadvertently consuming too much mercury.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 23 June 2025
Medical professionals, including naturopaths, recommend breastfeeding a baby during their first six months of life for optimal nutrition, or using formula almost exclusively.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
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Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
In a contemporary context, intense pressure on breastfeeding in the United States is coupled with equal cultural pressure to avoid breastfeeding in public.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
And, those who are pregnant or breastfeeding may want to avoid fish oil supplements altogether due to the potential for inadvertently consuming too much mercury.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 23 June 2025
Medical professionals, including naturopaths, recommend breastfeeding a baby during their first six months of life for optimal nutrition, or using formula almost exclusively.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for breast-feed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breast-feed
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Jackson nursed him back to health by covering his feet with a medicated balm and became acutely aware of the need to protect her pets from the hot summer sun and heatwaves.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The University of Minnesota’s equine intensive care unit nursed him back from his pneumonia and wounds.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
30 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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“Breast-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breast-feed. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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