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BOTTLEFEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottlefeed mean? 

BOTTLEFEED (verb)
  The verb BOTTLEFEED has 1 sense:

1. feed (infants) with a bottleplay

  Familiarity information: BOTTLEFEED used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOTTLEFEED (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they bottlefeed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it bottlefeeds  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: bottlefed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: bottlefed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: bottlefeeding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Feed (infants) with a bottle

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "bottlefeed" is one way to...):

feed; give (give food to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

breastfeed (give suck to)


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