bottle-feed

as in to breast-feed

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Recent Examples on the Web On the show, she is seen transporting and bottle-feeding infants, which is heartbreaking, knowing the intensity of the maternal bonds of primates. Megan Ross, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024 When reminded that most wouldn’t consider running a small petting zoo, bottle-feeding capuchin monkeys and housing baby wallabies and a host of other animals typical, Haddix laughs. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024 The nipple flow may be slow for babies who were bottle-fed early. Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 16 May 2024 The Legumes have recently graduated from needing to be bottle-fed to eating gruel every five hours or so. The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024 While bottle-feeding a lamb, Everett watched sheep wander the green hills of the pasture, and thought of the crowds in Miami. Maya Binyam, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 The infant manatees had to be bottle-fed every four hours. Jason Gulley Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 The convenience of running a regular steam cycle for bottles, pump parts and associated accessories, gives bottle-feeding families one less thing to think about during those early weeks and months. Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024 The toddler was mostly bottle-fed and was not potty-trained, Vang told a detective, according to the complaint. Paradise Afshar, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024

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“Bottle-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle-feed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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