breastfeed
Plural: breastfeeds
Verb
- give suck to
- To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
- To nurse, to suck milk from a breast.
Noun
- An instance of feeding milk to a baby from the breasts; a breastfeeding.
Examples
- She stopped breastfeeding after a few months.
- This is a designated place for mothers to breastfeed their babies.
Origin / Etymology
From breast + feed.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
breastfeed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbreastfeed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
breastfeed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
breastfeed: valid Words With Friends Word