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bottle-feed

bottlefeed \bottlefeed\, bottle-feed \bottle-feed\v. t.

  1. to feed with a bottle; -- of infants or baby animals.

  2. 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
  1. 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]

  2. [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.