breast-feeding

verb

present participle of breast-feed
as in nursing
to give milk to from the breast believes that all women should breast-feed their babies

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  1. nursing
  2. suckling
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  • Orlando has spent decades nursing an enormous inferiority complex to the bigger, older, richer, and more historically relevant cities in Florida, the Southeast, and the East Coast.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Holmes, who is still nursing the younger of the couple’s two small children, is filing challenges to her conviction and taking calls about what to expect in prison.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of nursing
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  • The pups have the epicurean delight of suckling one of the highest fat-content milks in the animal kingdom.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Those people under him are suckling on his piggly-wiggly titties.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of suckling
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“Breast-feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breast-feeding. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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