/bot"l feed'/ , v. , bottle-fed, bottle-feeding .
v.t.
1. to nurse or feed (an infant or young animal) with milk or other nourishment from a nursing bottle.
2. to nurture or teach with exaggerated care: We had to bottle-feed the new salesman on how to make door-to-door calls.
v.i.
3. to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle.
[ 1860-65 ]