Suckle

5 definitions found

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

  Suckle \Suc"kle\, n.
     A teat. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suckled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Suckling}.] [Freq. of suck.]
     To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. --Addison.
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           The breasts of Hecuba
           When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier.
                                                    --Shak.
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           They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom.    --Landor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. i.
     To nurse; to suck. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suckle
       v 1: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was
            suckling happily"
       2: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot
          nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: {breastfeed},
           {bottle-feed}, {suck}, {nurse}, {wet-nurse}, {lactate}, {give
          suck}] [ant: {bottlefeed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "suckle":
     aliment, aspirate, bib, booze, breast-feed, breathe in, care for,
     cherish, coddle, cosset, cradle, cultivate, drain the cup, draw in,
     drink, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, dry-nurse, fatten,
     fatten up, feed, fondle, force-feed, foster, guzzle, imbibe,
     inhale, inspire, lactate, lavish care on, mother, nourish, nurse,
     nurture, nutrify, pamper, pledge, pull, quaff, sip, slurp, sniff,
     sniffle, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, spoon-feed, stuff, suck,
     suck in, sup, sustain, swig, swill, tipple, toast, toss down,
     toss off, wash down, wet-nurse