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Verb: breastfeed (breastfed)  'brest,feed
  1. (of a woman) produce breast milk for a baby to drink
    "The wetnurse breastfed the infant";
    - suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck [archaic]

Derived forms: breastfeeds, breastfeeding, breastfed

Type of: feed, give

Encyclopedia: Breastfeed