bottle-feed


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bot·tle-feed

(bŏt′l-fēd′)
tr.v. bot·tle-fed (-fĕd′), bot·tle-feed·ing, bot·tle-feeds
To feed (a baby, for example) with a bottle.
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bottle-feed

vb, -feeds, -feeding or -fed
to feed (a baby) with milk from a bottle instead of breast-feeding
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bottle-feed


Past participle: bottle-fed
Gerund: bottle-feeding

Imperative
bottle-feed
bottle-feed
Present
I bottle-feed
you bottle-feed
he/she/it bottle-feeds
we bottle-feed
you bottle-feed
they bottle-feed
Preterite
I bottle-fed
you bottle-fed
he/she/it bottle-fed
we bottle-fed
you bottle-fed
they bottle-fed
Present Continuous
I am bottle-feeding
you are bottle-feeding
he/she/it is bottle-feeding
we are bottle-feeding
you are bottle-feeding
they are bottle-feeding
Present Perfect
I have bottle-fed
you have bottle-fed
he/she/it has bottle-fed
we have bottle-fed
you have bottle-fed
they have bottle-fed
Past Continuous
I was bottle-feeding
you were bottle-feeding
he/she/it was bottle-feeding
we were bottle-feeding
you were bottle-feeding
they were bottle-feeding
Past Perfect
I had bottle-fed
you had bottle-fed
he/she/it had bottle-fed
we had bottle-fed
you had bottle-fed
they had bottle-fed
Future
I will bottle-feed
you will bottle-feed
he/she/it will bottle-feed
we will bottle-feed
you will bottle-feed
they will bottle-feed
Future Perfect
I will have bottle-fed
you will have bottle-fed
he/she/it will have bottle-fed
we will have bottle-fed
you will have bottle-fed
they will have bottle-fed
Future Continuous
I will be bottle-feeding
you will be bottle-feeding
he/she/it will be bottle-feeding
we will be bottle-feeding
you will be bottle-feeding
they will be bottle-feeding
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bottle-feeding
you have been bottle-feeding
he/she/it has been bottle-feeding
we have been bottle-feeding
you have been bottle-feeding
they have been bottle-feeding
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bottle-feeding
you will have been bottle-feeding
he/she/it will have been bottle-feeding
we will have been bottle-feeding
you will have been bottle-feeding
they will have been bottle-feeding
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bottle-feeding
you had been bottle-feeding
he/she/it had been bottle-feeding
we had been bottle-feeding
you had been bottle-feeding
they had been bottle-feeding
Conditional
I would bottle-feed
you would bottle-feed
he/she/it would bottle-feed
we would bottle-feed
you would bottle-feed
they would bottle-feed
Past Conditional
I would have bottle-fed
you would have bottle-fed
he/she/it would have bottle-fed
we would have bottle-fed
you would have bottle-fed
they would have bottle-fed
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Translations

bottle-feed

[ˈbɒtlˌfiːd] VTcriar con biberón
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FORMER New Zealand and Ospreys star Jerry Collins' orphaned daughter has awoken from her coma and is able to bottle-feed.
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When I spoke on Radio Berkshire last year about this I also spoke about the support that mums who bottle-feed require and how it is possible to bottle-feed with love.
- Jo McKenzie, by email AT 2 Hall Hill Farm (www.hallhillfarm.co.uk) near Lanchester, Co Durham, children can bottle-feed lambs as well as see other animals.
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Women who choose to bottle-feed their baby are made to feel like second-rate parents by campaigns stating 'breast is best', researchers said today.
For most visitors, the highlights of the trip are watching zookeepers bottle-feed the infants, and watching dozens of elephants cool off in the Maha Oya River.
Moreover, women in rural areas who bottle-feed a baby are sometimes suspected of having AIDS and then driven out of their village, says pediatrician Mary Glenn Fowler of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.