nursed
1.1
A baby fed breast milk by its mother
- adjective
- /nɜrst/
:
amamantado
- Many nursed infants are less likely to have certain allergies.
Examples
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The baby is nursed by its mother.
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The doctor asked whether the baby was nursed or bottle-fed.
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She felt proud to have successfully nursed her child for six months.
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Many infants are nursed for several months.
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Many nursed infants are less likely to have certain allergies.
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The doctor asked whether the baby was nursed or bottle-fed.
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Many infants are nursed for several months.
Synonyms
breast-fed
vsnursed
7
2.1
Babies who drink their mother's milk instead of milk from a bottle
is the same idea but does not state the bottle contrast
suckled
vsnursed
6.2
A baby or young animal that is fed milk by its mother
shares identical meaning and is simply a different word form
How Breastfed
nursed
1.1
formula
99
2.8
99
2.8
Surface Forms
nursed positive
Morphology
Etymology
Nursed comes from an old Latin word nutrire, meaning 'to feed' or 'nourish', and it gave us the English word nurse for someone who feeds and cares for a child. So a nursed infant is one who was fed at the mother's breast.