Synonyms for breast-feed
- verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
She stopped breastfeeding after a few months.
Related words
- Word family
- breastfeeder
- Other spellings
- breast feed breastfeed
Forms
- Past participle
- breast-fed
e.g. breast-fed → suckled, nursed, sucked, lactated…
Example sentences
- suck Let's suck down some brewskis and have a good time!
- nurse The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.
- suckle She didn't suckle her daughter today.
By length
- 4 letters
- suck1
- 5 letters
- nurse1
- 6 letters
- suckle2
- 7 letters
- lactate2
- 8 letters
- boobfeed
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (suckle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- donner le sein