Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bottle-feed . - adjective That has been
fed bybottle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of an infant) given milk from a bottle
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Examples
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Breast-fed babies in America score on average eight points higher than bottle-fed kids when given cognitive tests, an effect still observable nearly a decade after the breast-feeding has stopped.
John Medina, Ph.D.: Brain Science Weighs In On Breast-Feeding Debate Ph.D. John Medina 2011
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Breast-fed babies in America score on average eight points higher than bottle-fed kids when given cognitive tests, an effect still observable nearly a decade after the breast-feeding has stopped.
John Medina, Ph.D.: Brain Science Weighs In On Breast-Feeding Debate Ph.D. John Medina 2011
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Having been bottle-fed myself and suffering from many allergies and asthma, I decided that when I had my first child, I would try breastfeeding to see if it worked for me.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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Breast-fed babies in America score on average eight points higher than bottle-fed kids when given cognitive tests, an effect still observable nearly a decade after the breast-feeding has stopped.
John Medina, Ph.D.: Brain Science Weighs In On Breast-Feeding Debate Ph.D. John Medina 2011
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While breastfed babies limit their own intake of milk because they have to work hard to get it, bottle-fed babies lie back and swallow what they are given.
Bottle-feeding babies can lead to adult obesity, says study Sarah Boseley 2010
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In the case of some of the more exotic animals, we bottle-fed them when they were small.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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In the case of some of the more exotic animals, we bottle-fed them when they were small.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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In the case of some of the more exotic animals, we bottle-fed them when they were small.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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In the case of some of the more exotic animals, we bottle-fed them when they were small.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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Enjoy the hill country with its tea plantations and nature reserves, watch baby elephants being bottle-fed – then relax on the sandy beach of Induruwa.
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