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suckle

[ suhk-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

, suck·led, suck·ling.
  1. to nurse at the breast or udder.
  2. to nourish or bring up.
  3. to put to suck.


verb (used without object)

, suck·led, suck·ling.
  1. to suck at the breast or udder.

suckle

/ ˈsʌkəl /

verb

  1. to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or (of a baby, etc) to suck milk from the breast
  2. tr to bring up; nurture


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsuckler, noun

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Other Words From

  • un·suckled adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of suckle1

1375–1425; late Middle English sucklen; suck, -le

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Word History and Origins

Origin of suckle1

C15: probably back formation from suckling

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Example Sentences

It is Ma who suggests to Rose of Sharon that she suckle a starving man.

When they suckle their young, they take them in their paws, and present the breast to them like a woman.

Men cannot give birth to a child, nor can they suckle a child; they can only procreate children, or become fathers.

Man belongs to the highest class of vertebrates, the Mammals, which produce living young and suckle them.

He cautiously pulled back a branch of the honey-suckle, and looked through.

In consumption, all efforts to suckle are frequently equally fatal to the mother and child.

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