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nutriō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breastfeed verb To feed a baby milk directly from the breast.
  • feed verb To give food to a person or animal.
  • nurse noun A person trained to care for the sick or injured, typically working under a doctor.
  • suckle verb To feed a baby or young animal with milk from a breast or udder.

Senses

nutriō is used for these senses in English:

  • breastfeed (transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
  • feed (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
  • feed (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
  • nurse (transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
  • suckle (transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.

feed — full definition

  1. verb To give food to a person or animal.
  2. verb To supply material into a machine or process.
  3. noun Food given to farm animals or pets.
  4. noun A continuously updated stream of online content, such as posts from social media.

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