feed as an infant

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• Infant formula — An infant being fed from a baby bottle. Infant formula is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle feeding or cup feeding from powder (mixed with water) or… …   Wikipedia

• Infant — Baby redirects here. For other uses, see Baby (disambiguation). Newborn redirects here. For the song by Muse, see New Born. For the moth, see Infant (moth). An infant sleeping …   Wikipedia

• feed — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Feed is used before these nouns: ↑barley, ↑mill, ↑trough Feed is used after these nouns: ↑cattle, ↑satellite {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb 1 give food to a person/animal/plant ADVERB ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• infant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ He is studying hearing in very young infants. ▪ month old, two month old, etc. ▪ newborn ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• bottle-feed — transitive verb ( fed; feeding) Date: circa 1865 to feed (as an infant) with a bottle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bottle-feed — /bot l feed /, v., bottle fed, bottle feeding. v.t. 1. to nurse or feed (an infant or young animal) with milk or other nourishment from a nursing bottle. 2. to nurture or teach with exaggerated care: We had to bottle feed the new salesman on how… …   Universalium

• bottle-feed — bot·tle feed bät əl .fēd vt, fed; feed·ing to feed (an infant) from a bottle rather than by breast feeding …   Medical dictionary

• Wet nurse — The future King Louis XIV as an infant with his wet nurse A wet nurse is a woman who is used to breast feed and care for another s child.[1] Wet nurses are used when the mother is unable or chooses not to nurse the child herself. Wet nursed… …   Wikipedia

• dry nurse — noun a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant • Hypernyms: ↑nanny, ↑nursemaid, ↑nurse * * * noun 1. : a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant compare wet nurse 2. : one who aids or instructs another usually unnecessarily …   Useful english dictionary

• dry nurse — 1. a nurse who takes care of but does not breast feed another s infant. Cf. wet nurse. 2. Informal. a person who tutors and guides an inexperienced person at work. [1590 1600] * * * …   Universalium

• dry nurse — dry′ nurse n. a nurse who takes care of but does not breast feed another s infant Compare wet nurse • Etymology: 1590–1600 dry′ nurse , v.t. nursed, nurs•ing …   From formal English to slang