dry-nurse

• Устаревший глагол, означающий выполнять обязанности няни, т.е. заботиться о ребенке без грудного вскармливания, или, в переносном смысле, давать ненужные или назойливые советы или осуществлять излишний надзор.

An obsolete verb meaning to act as a dry nurse, i.e., to take care of a child without breastfeeding it, or metaphorically, to give unnecessary or meddlesome advice or supervision.

1. Care for an infant without breastfeedingC2formalbritish

   To take care of a baby or young child without providing breast milk, typically by bottle-feeding or other means.

   Ухаживать за младенцем без грудного вскармливания

   • In the 19th century, wealthy families often hired a woman to dry-nurse their infants.
   • She was employed to dry-nurse the newborn while the mother recovered.
   • The practice of dry-nursing was common before modern formula became widely available.

   Synonymsbottlefeed

   Antonymsbreastfeednursesucklewet nurse