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suck·le
/
ˈsʌk
əl
/
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suhk
-
uh
l
]
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verb,
suck·led,
suck·ling.
verb (used with object)
1.
to nurse at the breast or udder.
2.
to nourish or bring up.
3.
to put to suck.
verb (used without object)
4.
to suck at the breast or udder.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
sucklen;
see
suck
,
-le
Related forms
un·suck·led,
adjective
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suckle
(ˈsʌk
ə
l)
—
vb
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
[C15: probably back formation from
suckling
]
'suckler
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
suckle
1408, perhaps a causative form of M.E. suken "to suck" (see
suck
), or a back-formation from
suckling
(though this word is attested only from c.1440).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
When they nurse they
suckle
desperately, thrusting out their tongue.
They lose condition, especially because new calves
suckle
and drain their
mothers further.
After the first week, mothers hunt for fish by day and
suckle
their pups by
night.
Although calves will eat solid food before one year of age, they continue to
suckle
for several years.
The pups-who depend on her milk for six months-can now
suckle
again.
Within a few weeks of birth, lambs form bands of their own, seeking out their mothers to
suckle
only occasionally.
Others
suckle
your scalp to extract your bodily fluids for sustenance.
When present, calves will be weighed and milk production will be estimated using the weigh-
suckle
-weigh technique.
Milk production will then be estimated using a modified weigh-
suckle
-weigh technique and portable milking machine.
Suckle
did not recommend cervical steroid injections because this might cause bleeding at the site of insertion of the needle.
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