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Noun: breast feeding
  1. Nourishing at the breast
    "The mother chose breast feeding for her newborn";
    - nursing
Verb: breastfeed (breastfed)  'brest,feed
  1. Feed a baby with milk directly from the breast
    "The wetnurse breastfed the infant";
    - suckle, nurse, wet-nurse, give suck [archaic]

Derived forms: breast feedings

Type of: feed, give, infant feeding

Antonym: bottle-feed

Encyclopedia: Breast feeding

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