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View synonyms for bottle-feed
bottle-feed
[ bot-l-feed ]
verb (used with object)
, bot·tle-fed, bot·tle-feed·ing.
- to nurse or feed (an infant or young animal) with milk or other nourishment from a nursing bottle.
- to nurture or teach with exaggerated care:
We had to bottle-feed the new salesman on how to make door-to-door calls.
verb (used without object)
, bot·tle-fed, bot·tle-feed·ing.
- to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle.
bottle-feed
verb
- to feed (a baby) with milk from a bottle instead of breast-feeding
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bottle-feed1
First recorded in 1860–65
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