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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.
  1. to nurse or feed (an infant or young animal) with milk or other nourishment from a nursing bottle.
  2. 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.
  1. to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle.

bottle-feed

verb

  1. to feed (a baby) with milk from a bottle instead of breast-feeding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bottle-feed1

First recorded in 1860–65

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