suckle
to nurse at the breast or udder.
to nourish or bring up.
to put to suck.
to suck at the breast or udder.
Origin of suckle
1Other words from suckle
- un·suck·led, adjective
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How to use suckle in a sentence
Perhaps she had known love; perhaps borne children, suckled them, and given them pet names.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonOne cool June night he caught her hands within his, in the honey-suckled dimness of the Barbour side-porch.
Mountain | Clement WoodA young bear is captured, suckled by a woman, and assumes the aspects of a sacred animal.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races | Sanger Brown, IIThe young elephant is suckled for two years, and during that period attains the stature of four feet and a half.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginThus one story tells how a Macdonald was suckled by a wolf quite after the fashion of Romulus.
British Dictionary definitions for suckle
/ (ˈsʌkəl) /
to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or (of a baby, etc) to suck milk from the breast
(tr) to bring up; nurture
Origin of suckle
1Derived forms of suckle
- suckler, noun
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