Sucking

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suck \Suck\ (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked} (s[u^]kt); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can,
     s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel.
     s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf.
     {Honeysuckle}, {Soak}, {Succulent}, {Suction}.]
     1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and


        tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the
        liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or
        apply force to, by exhausting the air.
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     2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to
        suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the
        mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of
        an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the
        breast.
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     3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking;
        to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of
        plants suck water from the ground.
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     4. To draw or drain.
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              Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
                                                    --Thomson.
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     5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
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              As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     {To suck in}, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
        
  
     {To suck out}, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by
        suction.
  
     {To suck up}, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction
        or absorption.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sucking \Suck"ing\, a.
     Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially,
     young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.
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           I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or
           that sort of thing.                      --Thackeray.
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     {Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}.
  
     {Sucking fish} (Zool.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird.
  
     {Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}.
  
     {Sucking stomach} (Zool.), the muscular first stomach of
        certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid
        food.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sucking
       n : the act of sucking [syn: {suck}, {suction}]