BREASTFEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breastfeed mean? 

• BREASTFEED (verb)
  The verb BREASTFEED has 1 sense:

1. give suck to

  Familiarity information: BREASTFEED used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREASTFEED (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they breastfeed    ... he / she / it breastfeeds   
Past simple: breastfed   
Past participle: breastfed   
-ing form: breastfeeding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give suck to

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

breastfeed; give suck; lactate; nurse; suck; suckle; wet-nurse

Context example:

You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

Hypernyms (to "breastfeed" is one way to...):

feed; give (give food to)

Verb group:

suck (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

bottlefeed (feed (infants) with a bottle)

 Context examples 

Breastfeeding offers many benefits to your baby.

(Breastfeeding, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Women with five or more births had a 38% higher risk of having serious heart attack, regardless of how long they breastfed for.

(Pregnancy losses and large numbers of children linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, University of Cambridge)

Introducing peanut-containing foods during infancy as a peanut allergy prevention strategy does not compromise the duration of breastfeeding or affect children’s growth and nutritional intakes, new findings show.

(Peanut allergy prevention strategy is nutritionally safe, NIH)

Breastfeeding beyond 5 months lowered the risk by more than one half.

(Breastfeeding may help prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, NIH)

Infant formulas are available for babies whose mothers are not able or decide not to breastfeed.

(Infant and Newborn Nutrition, NIH)

Breastfeeding did not appear to have any protective effect, even though it is generally thought to reduce breast cancer risk.

(Breast cancer protection from pregnancy starts decades later, National Institutes of Health)

All the infants in the study were breastfed from birth to at least 15 weeks and just over half continued to be breastfed until they were two years old.

(Gut Bacteria from Breastfeeding Linked to Improved Infant Response to Vaccines, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The review also covers the effects of dairy products on growth, bone mineral density, generation of muscle mass, and during pregnancy or breastfeeding.

(Adequate intake of milk and dairy products in different life stages helps prevent chronic diseases, University of Granada)

Children affected by toxins may be due to silicone breast implants and their effects on unborn children and from breastfeeding.

(Child Intoxication With Breast Implant Material Ingredients, Food and Drug Administration)

You should not use Botox if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

(Botox, NIH)