to dry-nurse
8.9
To look after a baby without feeding it breast milk
- verb
- /draɪ nɜrs/
:
alimentar con biberón
- The nanny was hired to dry-nurse twins whose mother couldn't breastfeed.
Examples
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For several months, she dry-nursed the child while the mother was away.
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Some parents choose to dry-nurse infants for various health reasons.
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She dry-nurses her baby during the day.
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I will dry-nurse him while she is away.
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The nanny was hired to dry-nurse twins whose mother couldn't breastfeed.
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Some parents choose to dry-nurse infants for various health reasons.
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For several months, she dry-nursed the child while the mother was away.
Synonyms
to bottlefeed
vsto dry-nurse
1
3.6
To feed a baby milk or formula from a bottle
looks after the infant in various ways without breastfeeding
Surface Forms
dry-nurse infinitive
dry-nursed past
dry-nursed past participle
dry-nursing present participle
dry-nurses third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
The word dry-nurse comes from the parts dry (meaning 'without milk') and nurse (a person who cares for babies). Think of it as the opposite of a wet nurse who breastfeeds, so to dry-nurse is to care for an infant without breastfeeding.