The Collaborative International Dictionary
bottle-feed
bottlefeed \bottlefeed\, bottle-feed \bottle-feed\v. t.
to feed with a bottle; -- of infants or baby animals.
to train, manage or instruct (a person) with great attention to detail.
Wiktionary
bottle-feed
vb. To feed a baby using a bottle, especially using a bottle filled with milk other than from its mother
WordNet
bottle-feed
v. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck] [ant: bottlefeed]
[also: bottle-fed]
Usage examples of "bottle-feed".
S/he came back out moments later with a simple shift tossed over hirself and sat on the floor, staring up in wonderment as Slon bottle-fed Xyon.