bottle-fed
past participle, past simple ofbottle-feed
bottle-feed
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈbɒt.əl.fiːd/us/ˈbɑː.t̬əl.fiːd/tofeedababywithmilkfrom abottle:
She bottle-fed both of herbabies.
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breastfeed
Giving food to people & animals
- aid station
- bottle-feed
- bottle-feeding
- breast milk
- breastfeed
- cat-sitting
- fatted
- fattensomeone/somethingup
- fed
- feedsomeone/somethingup
- hand-reared
- nourish
- nursing
- overfed
- overfeed
- overfeeding
- spoon
- underfeed
- underfeeding
- unfed
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Parenting & caring for children
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The question ofbottle-fedbabies has been raised.
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The point is that in other institutions where the children werebottle-fedthese infections did not arise.
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Compared with breast-fed babies,bottle-fedinfants are twice as likely to suffer from respiratory infections, and five to 10 times as likely to suffer gastroenteritis.
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Above 50 parts per million there is a potential hazard tobottle-fedinfants.
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The question of fluoridation in relation tobottle-fedbabies was raised.
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All our recent statistics and research work show the enormous difference in resistance to disease between breast-fed babies andbottle-fedbabies.
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Gastroenteritis is 10 times more likely amongbottle-fedbabies.
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Infants under one year who are beingbottle-fedmay receive 900 g per week of a range of specified brands of infant formula.
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Infants under one year who are beingbottle-fedmay receive instead 900 g per week of a range of specified brands of infant formula.
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We are becoming abottle-fednation.
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Practically all these children arebottle-fed.
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Is it surprising that one-third of babies arebottle-fedwhen we know how much pressure is brought on women to remain outside hospital for their confinement?
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It is firstbottle-fedwith a milk substitute, and later fed from a bucket.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She wasbottle-fedfor four months while recovering and then released back into the herd, but she would not bond with them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both breast- andbottle-fedbabies around 3 days old prefer the smell of human milk to that of formula, indicating an innate preference.
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