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breast-fed

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Suckled at one's mother's breast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of breast-feed

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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adjective

Meaning 3

(of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: bottle-fed

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Translations

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  • Italian: allattato al seno — that has been suckled at its mother's breast