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Definition of Breastfeed
1. Verb. Give suck to. "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
Related verbs: Suck
Generic synonyms: Feed, Give
Antonyms: Bottlefeed
Derivative terms: Lactation, Lactation, Lactation, Nurse, Nursery, Nursing, Suck, Sucker
Definition of Breastfeed
1. Verb. To feed a baby milk via the breasts; to suckle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Breastfeed
1. [v -FED, -FEEDING, -FEEDS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breastfeed
Literary usage of Breastfeed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Healthy People 2000 Review, 1998-99: National Health Promotion & Disease edited by Diane Wagener, Richard J. Klein (1999)
"Duplicate objective: 2.11 14.9a*: Increase to at least 75 percent the proportion
of low-income mothers who breastfeed their babies in the early postpartum ..."
2. Healthy People 2000, Review, 1997: National Health Promotion and Disease by Kathleen M. Turczyn (1998)
"2.11a*: Increase to at least 75 percent the proportion of low-income mothers who
breastfeed their babies in the early postpartum period and to at least 50 ..."
3. Women and Equality: A California Review of Women's Equity Issues in Civil by Kate Sproul (1999)
"Workers Who breastfeed Their Infants With more new mothers returning to the work
force soon after the birth of a child and with the push from the American ..."
4. HIV Risk Exposure Among Young Children: A Study of 2-9 Year Olds Served by by Olive Shisana (2005)
"Interestingly, mothers using a non- biological mother to breastfeed their child
were more likely to be HIV-positive than mothers not using a non-biological ..."
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