breastsleep
breastsleep verb: to participate in breastsleeping.
Verb
breastsleep (third-person singular simple present breastsleeps, present participle breastsleeping, simple past and past participle breastslept)
- To participate in breastsleeping.
- I felt he just wanted the comfort of his mum, and as I was on maternity leave, I decided to breastsleep with him.2017 March 14, Tamsin Kelly, quoting Jennifer Lynott, “Breastsleeping: Is This How New Mums Can Get More Sleep?”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2021
- I now see the period where I "breastslept" with my child as marking the inexpressible shift often described by new parents: my whole world had changed, but words fell short of explanation.2018 June 5, Jennifer Woody Collins, “Fluid Materiality in Health Communication”, in Health Communication, volume 34, number 11, Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1378...
Forms of breastsleep
| third-person singular present | breastsleeps |
|---|---|
| present participle | breastsleeping |
| past participle | breastslept |
| past | breastslept |
Origin of breastsleep
Compound of breast + sleep.
Questions about breastsleep
- What does breastsleep mean?
- Breastsleep means to participate in breastsleeping.
- What part of speech is breastsleep?
- Breastsleep is a verb.
- What is the past tense of breastsleep?
- The past tense of breastsleep is breastslept.
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