All breast-feed synonyms
breast-feed
B b verb breast-feed
- feed — to give a fee to.
- nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
- nurture — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- suckle — to nurse at the breast or udder.
- suck — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- wet-nurse — to act as a wet nurse to (an infant).
- lactate — to produce milk.
- dry-nurse — to act as a dry nurse to.
- bottle-feed — If you bottle-feed a baby, you give it milk or a liquid like milk in a bottle rather than the baby sucking milk from its mother's breasts.