Synonyms:
nursed, suckled
Meaning: (of an infant) breast-fed
Usage examples
While I nursed him I saw much good in him.
All the way home he nursed his woe and exalted it.
Mercedes nursed a special grievance--the grievance of sex.
In this case the adopted chicken was nursed alone, pussy's kittens having been drowned.
Gathered in knots, they nursed each other's wrath, and inveighed against the commandant.
He gave me an account of his mother's death, and how he and Jenny nursed her day and night.
Another night came, and another still, during both of which the wise woman nursed and fed her.
Now this child was too old to be nursed, as everybody told her; for he could run, say two yards alone, and perhaps four or five, by holding to handles.
NURSING HEDGEHOGS.--Yes, three of those thorny little things were actually nursed, suckled, and reared lately by a cat belonging to a gentleman, who is very fond of trying experiments of this sort.
Safie nursed her with the most devoted affection, but the poor girl died, and the Arabian was left alone, unacquainted with the language of the country and utterly ignorant of the customs of the world.