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pbf

pbf verb: purl into back and front of same stitch.

Verb (1)

pbf

  1. purl into back and front of same stitch
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Adjective capitalized: PBF

PBF (not comparable)

  1. Of an infant, fed with both breast milk and formula.

Noun capitalized: PBF

PBF (uncountable)

  1. Partial breastfeeding.

Verb (2) capitalized: PBF

PBF (third-person singular simple present PBFs, present participle PBFing, simple past and past participle PBFed)

  1. Of an infant, to be fed with both breast milk and formula.

Forms of pbf

third-person singular presentPBFs
present participlePBFing
past participlePBFed
pastPBFed

Origin of pbf

Initialism of partially breastfed or partial breastfeeding; by analogy with EBF.

Questions about pbf

What does pbf mean?
Pbf means purl into back and front of same stitch.
What part of speech is pbf?
Pbf can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
What is the past tense of pbf?
The past tense of pbf is PBFed.

Words near pbf in the dictionary

  1. PBDE
  2. PBDEs
  3. PBed
  4. PBEM
  5. pBerlin
  6. pbf
  7. PBG
  8. PBGC
  9. PBGM
  10. PBGV
  11. PBGVs

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