Past tense of breastfeed
irregular verb
The past tense of breastfeed is breastfed. The past participle is also breastfed.
Forms of breastfeed
| Base form (V1) | breastfeed /ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | breastfed |
| Past participle (V3) | breastfed |
| Present participle | breastfeeding /ˈbɹɛstˌfidɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | breastfeeds |
Breastfed in a sentence
- “That woman breastfed Packie as a baby,” she’d told Laura one day, in shocked tones.2004, Melissa Hill, chapter 21, in Not What You Think, Dublin: Poolbeg Press, →ISBN, page 281. From the entry mammy's boy
- If your babies are totally breastfed, they may poo anything from fifteen times a day to once a fortnight.2013, Jan Murray, Twins & More, page 135. From the entry pooer
Meaning of breastfeed
- verb To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.
- verb To nurse, to suck milk from a breast.
- noun An instance of feeding milk to a baby from the breasts; a breastfeeding.
Verbs like breastfeed
Questions about the past tense of breastfeed
- What is the past tense of breastfeed?
- The past tense of breastfeed is breastfed.
- What is the past participle of breastfeed?
- The past participle of breastfeed is breastfed.
- Is breastfeed a regular or irregular verb?
- Breastfeed is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: breastfeed (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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