Suckling

4 definitions found

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]:

  Suckling \Suck"ling\, n. [OE. sokeling. See {Suck}, v. t.]
     1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
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     2. A small kind of yellow clover ({Trifolium filiforme})
        common in Southern Europe.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Suckling
       n 1: English poet and courtier (1609-1642) [syn: {Sir John
            Suckling}]
       2: an infant considered in relation to its nurse [syn: {nursling},
           {nurseling}]
       3: a young mammal that has not been weaned
       4: feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast [syn: {lactation}]

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

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "suckling":
     babe, baby, baby bunting, bambino, incubator baby, infant,
     little angel, little darling, mewling infant, neonate, nursling,
     papoose, preemie, premature baby, preschooler, puling infant,
     toddler, weanling, yearling