Synonyms for breastfeed
breast·feed

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1. breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suckverb

   give suck to

   "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

   Synonyms:
   soak up, entertain, go down on, sop up, wet-nurse, fellate, hold, draw, give suck, absorb, suckle, take in, suck in, harbour, nurse, imbibe, lactate, blow, take up, suck up, harbor, suck

   Antonyms:
   bottlefeed

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1. List of paraphrases for "breastfeed":

   breast-feed, nurse

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1. Susan Johnson:

   Women run. Women campaign for public office. And women breastfeed, these are all normal things women do, and the more often we see women do ordinary important things, the more quickly our expectations change.

2. Mily Treviño-Sauceda:

   Even if they want to breastfeed, they can't. They work between nine to 13 hours a day with few breaks. They travel long distances to their low-pay jobs, they don't have adequate healthcare or other support to even pump at work.

3. Cindy Shelton:

   It’s an unlimited buffet so babies self-regulate when they breastfeed. They’re not going to overfeed or underfeed but sometimes they want a snack.

4. Kim Kardashian:

   When it came time to breastfeed, I realized it was the best decision I have made -- it's a game changer, i can spend so much more time with the older kids, getting them used to the new baby.

5. Aunchalee Palmquist:

   Mothers require more than just encouragement to breastfeed, they need to have support at all levels of society, including multilevel support for policies and practices to protect, promote and support this basic human right.