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How to pronounce “breastfeed”
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Pronunciation guide for breastfeed
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of breastfeed with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Luis H. Zayas: The psychological impact of child separation at the US-Mexico border
and was insisting that her mother breastfeed her.
- Definition summary
- (transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
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How to pronounce breastfeed
Luis H. Zayas: The psychological impact of child separation at the US-Mexico border

and was insisting that her mother breastfeed her.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “breastfeed”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
- (chiefly of a baby, intransitive) To nurse, to suck milk from a breast.
- [Noun]
- An instance of feeding milk to a baby from the breasts; a breastfeeding.
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