breast-feed

breast·feed

or breast-feed (brĕst′fēd′)

v. breast·fed (-fĕd′), breast·feed·ing, breast·feeds

v.tr.

To feed (a baby) milk from the breast; suckle.

v.intr.

To breastfeed a baby.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

breast-feed

vb, -feeds, -feeding or -fed

(Gynaecology & Obstetrics) to feed (a baby) with milk from the breast; suckle

ˈbreast-ˌfed adj

ˈbreast-ˌfeeding n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

breast′-feed`

v. -fed, -feed•ing. v.t.

1. to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.

v.i.

2. (of a baby) to nurse.

3. to nurse a baby.

[1900–05]

breast-feed

Past participle: breast-fed
Gerund: breast-feeding

Imperative
breast-feed
breast-feed

Present
I breast-feed
you breast-feed
he/she/it breast-feeds
we breast-feed
you breast-feed
they breast-feed

Preterite
I breast-fed
you breast-fed
he/she/it breast-fed
we breast-fed
you breast-fed
they breast-fed

Present Continuous
I am breast-feeding
you are breast-feeding
he/she/it is breast-feeding
we are breast-feeding
you are breast-feeding
they are breast-feeding

Present Perfect
I have breast-fed
you have breast-fed
he/she/it has breast-fed
we have breast-fed
you have breast-fed
they have breast-fed

Past Continuous
I was breast-feeding
you were breast-feeding
he/she/it was breast-feeding
we were breast-feeding
you were breast-feeding
they were breast-feeding

Past Perfect
I had breast-fed
you had breast-fed
he/she/it had breast-fed
we had breast-fed
you had breast-fed
they had breast-fed

Future
I will breast-feed
you will breast-feed
he/she/it will breast-feed
we will breast-feed
you will breast-feed
they will breast-feed

Future Perfect
I will have breast-fed
you will have breast-fed
he/she/it will have breast-fed
we will have breast-fed
you will have breast-fed
they will have breast-fed

Future Continuous
I will be breast-feeding
you will be breast-feeding
he/she/it will be breast-feeding
we will be breast-feeding
you will be breast-feeding
they will be breast-feeding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been breast-feeding
you have been breast-feeding
he/she/it has been breast-feeding
we have been breast-feeding
you have been breast-feeding
they have been breast-feeding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been breast-feeding
you will have been breast-feeding
he/she/it will have been breast-feeding
we will have been breast-feeding
you will have been breast-feeding
they will have been breast-feeding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been breast-feeding
you had been breast-feeding
he/she/it had been breast-feeding
we had been breast-feeding
you had been breast-feeding
they had been breast-feeding

Conditional
I would breast-feed
you would breast-feed
he/she/it would breast-feed
we would breast-feed
you would breast-feed
they would breast-feed

Past Conditional
I would have breast-fed
you would have breast-fed
he/she/it would have breast-fed
we would have breast-fed
you would have breast-fed
they would have breast-fed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

breast-feed

[ˈbrestfɪːd] (breast-fed (pt, pp)) VT → amamantar, criar a los pechos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

breast-feed

[ˈbrɛstˌfiːd] (breast-fed (pt, pp)) vt & vi → allattare (al seno)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

breast-feed

→ يُرْضِع kojit give bryst stillen θηλάζω amamantar imettää allaiter dojiti allattare al seno 授乳する 모유를 먹이다 borstvoeden amme nakarmić piersią amamentar кормить грудью amma ให้นมทารกด้วยนมแม่ emzirmek nuôi con bằng sữa mẹ 哺乳

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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Muscat: Omani mothers have been urged to breast-feed their children given the numerous benefits of the practice for children, mothers and the society, and the disadvantages of formula feeding.

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"We were interested to find out how that affected moms' decisions to breast-feed.

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However, there has been no significant change in the percentage of women who continued to breast-feed at 6 months of age.