"breastfeed" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/ Audio: en-us-breastfeed.ogg [US] Forms: breastfeeds [plural]
Etymology: From breast + feed. Etymology templates: {{af|en|breast|feed}} breast + feed Head templates: {{en-noun}} breastfeed (plural breastfeeds)
  1. An instance of feeding milk to a baby from the breasts; a breastfeeding. Categories (topical): Breastfeeding
    Sense id: en-breastfeed-en-noun-OCnrewRJ Disambiguation of Breastfeeding: 91 7 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 24 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 18 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breast feed, breast-feed

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/ Audio: en-us-breastfeed.ogg [US] Forms: breastfeeds [present, singular, third-person], breastfeeding [participle, present], breastfed [participle, past], breastfed [past]
Etymology: From breast + feed. Etymology templates: {{af|en|breast|feed}} breast + feed Head templates: {{en-verb|breastfeeds|breastfeeding|breastfed}} breastfeed (third-person singular simple present breastfeeds, present participle breastfeeding, simple past and past participle breastfed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (feed a baby milk via the breasts): θηλάζω (thēlázō) (Ancient Greek), أَرْضَعَ (ʔarḍaʕa) (Arabic), alãptedz (Aromanian), къ́рмя (kǎ́rmja) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), доя́ (dojá) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), alletar (Catalan), 餵奶 (Chinese Mandarin), 喂奶 (wèinǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), 哺乳 (bǔrǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 母乳餵養 (Chinese Mandarin), 母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), kojit [imperfective] (Czech), amme (Danish), borstvoeding geven (Dutch), de borst geven (Dutch), zogen (Dutch), mamnutri (Esperanto), geva bróst (Faroese), imettää (Finnish), allaiter (French), donner la tétée (French), donner le sein (French), aleitar (Galician), ძუძუთი კვებავს (ʒuʒuti ḳvebavs) (Georgian), ძუძუს აწოვებს (ʒuʒus ac̣ovebs) (Georgian), stillen (German), die Brust geben (German), θηλάζω (thilázo) (Greek), ધાવવું (dhāvvũ) (Gujarati), ધવરાવવું (dhavrāvvũ) (Gujarati), הניק (heník) (Hebrew), szoptat (Hungarian), leggja á brjóst (Icelandic), gefa brjóst (Icelandic), alaktar (Ido), menyusui (Indonesian), menetek (Indonesian), cothaigh (Irish), brollach a thabhairt do (Irish), beathú cíche a thabhairt do (Irish), allattare (Italian), allattare al seno (Italian), 授乳する (junyū suru) (alt: じゅにゅうする) (Japanese), емізу (emızu) (Kazakh), 모유로 키우다 (moyu-ro kiuda) (Korean), nūtriō (Latin), alō (Latin), zīdīt (Latvian), дои (doi) [imperfective] (Macedonian), menyusui (Malay), whāngote (Maori), whakangote (Maori), amme (Norwegian), доити (doiti) (Old Church Slavonic), alaitier (Old French), karmić piersią [imperfective] (Polish), amamentar (Portuguese), dar de mamar (Portuguese), aleitar (Portuguese), lactar (Portuguese), chuchi del (Romani), alăpta (Romanian), корми́ть гру́дью (kormítʹ grúdʹju) [imperfective] (Russian), до̀јити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dòjiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dojčiť [imperfective] (Slovak), dojiti (Slovene), dar teta (Spanish), dar de mamar (Spanish), lactar (Spanish), dar el pecho (Spanish), amamantar (Spanish), amma (Swedish), umut-ot (Tagalog), ut-utin (Tagalog), magpasuso (Tagalog), emzirmek (Turkish), годувати грудьми (hoduvaty hrudʹmy) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), (Vietnamese), blöto nulüdön (Volapük), bwydo o'r fron (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-breastfeed-en-verb-2lJ0K26u Disambiguation of 'feed a baby milk via the breasts': 95 5
  2. (chiefly of a baby, intransitive) To nurse, to suck milk from a breast. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-breastfeed-en-verb-RYkJh0x9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boobfeed [informal], breast feed, breast-feed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "She stopped breastfeeding after a few months.",
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          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
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          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "mamnutri"
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          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "geva bróst"
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          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "imettää"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "allaiter"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "donner la tétée"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
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          "lang": "Old French",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "alaitier"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "aleitar"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒuʒuti ḳvebavs",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "ძუძუთი კვებავს"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒuʒus ac̣ovebs",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "ძუძუს აწოვებს"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "stillen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "die Brust geben"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "thilázo",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "θηλάζω"
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          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "θηλάζω"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "dhāvvũ",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "ધાવવું"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "dhavrāvvũ",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "ધવરાવવું"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "heník",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "הניק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "szoptat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "leggja á brjóst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "gefa brjóst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "alaktar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "menyusui"
        },
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "menetek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "cothaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "brollach a thabhairt do"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "beathú cíche a thabhairt do"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "allattare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "allattare al seno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "じゅにゅうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "junyū suru",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "授乳する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "emızu",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "емізу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "moyu-ro kiuda",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "모유로 키우다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "nūtriō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "alō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "zīdīt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "doi",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "дои"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "menyusui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "whāngote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "whakangote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "amme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "doiti",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "доити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "karmić piersią"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "amamentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "dar de mamar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "aleitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "lactar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "rom",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "chuchi del"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "alăpta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kormítʹ grúdʹju",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "корми́ть гру́дью"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "до̀јити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "dòjiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dojčiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "dojiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "dar teta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "dar de mamar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "lactar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "dar el pecho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "amamantar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "amma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "umut-ot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "ut-utin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "magpasuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
          "word": "emzirmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hoduvaty hrudʹmy",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "word": "umut-ot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "word": "ut-utin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "word": "magpasuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "word": "emzirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hoduvaty hrudʹmy",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "годувати грудьми"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "word": "bú"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "word": "blöto nulüdön"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "feed a baby milk via the breasts",
      "word": "bwydo o'r fron"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "breastfeeding"
  ],
  "word": "breastfeed"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Breastfeeding"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "breast",
        "3": "feed"
      },
      "expansion": "breast + feed",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From breast + feed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breastfeeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "breastfeed (plural breastfeeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of feeding milk to a baby from the breasts; a breastfeeding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feed",
          "feed"
        ],
        [
          "breast",
          "breast"
        ],
        [
          "breastfeeding",
          "breastfeeding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-breastfeed.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/86/En-us-breastfeed.ogg/En-us-breastfeed.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/En-us-breastfeed.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "breast feed"
    },
    {
      "word": "breast-feed"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "breastfeeding"
  ],
  "word": "breastfeed"
}

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