Usually means: Nourishing infant directly from breast.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word breast-feed:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. breast-feed: Merriam-Webster
  2. breast-feed, breast-feed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Breast-Feed, breast-feed: Wordnik
  4. breast-feed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. breast-feed: Wiktionary
  6. breast-feed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. breast-feed: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. breast-feed: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. breast-feed: Dictionary.com
  10. Breast-feed: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. breast-feed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. breast-feed: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. breast-feed: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Breast-feed)

▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of breastfeed [(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.]

Similar:
breast feed, breastfeed, nurse, chestfeed, nuss, nipple, suck, milk, suckle, give suck, more...

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direct, indirect, partial, full, exclusive, more...

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Similar:
breast feed, breastfeed, nurse, chestfeed, nuss, nipple, suck, milk, suckle, give suck, more...

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