breastfeed

• breast feed, breast-feed

From breast +‎ feed.

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breastfeed (third-person singular simple present breastfeeds, present participle breastfeeding, simple past and past participle breastfed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

   This is a designated place for mothers to breastfeed their babies.

   She stopped breastfeeding after a few months.

2. (chiefly of a baby, intransitive) To nurse, to suck milk from a breast.
   • 2013, Baby-Led Breastfeeding: Follow Your Baby’s Instincts →ISBN, page 281:

     Avoid using a bottle until confident your baby is breastfeeding effectively.

• boobfeed (informal)