Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

    This is a designated place for mothers to breastfeed their babies.

    She stopped breastfeeding after a few months.

    stillen, die Brust geben

    корми́ть гру́дьюkormítʹ grúdʹju

    годувати грудьмиhoduvaty hrudʹmy

  2. (intransitive)To nurse, to suck milk from a breast.

    give suck to

Examples

44 sentences
  1. Mary breastfed all of her children.

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  2. Do you breastfeed or bottlefeed him?

    deGibst du ihm die Brust oder das Fläschchen?

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  3. All moms should breastfeed their children.

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  4. All moms should breastfeed their kids.

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  5. My mother breastfed all her children.

    ruМоя мать всех своих детей кормила грудью.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
feed a baby milk via the breasts:
Русский
By meaning 1
feed a baby milk via the breasts:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
feed a baby milk via the breasts:

Forms

breastfeeds, breastfeeding, breastfed, breastfed
Base formbreastfeed · to breastfeed
3rd person singularbreastfeeds
Present participlebreastfeeding
Past simplebreastfed
Past participlebreastfed

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybreastfeed
he, she, itbreastfeeds

Past simpleLesson

all personsbreastfed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave breastfed
he, she, ithas breastfed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill breastfeed

Synonyms

7 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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