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suckle
suck·le S0861500 (sŭk′əl)v. suck·led, suck·ling, suck·les v.tr.1. a. To cause or allow to take milk at the breast or teat; nurse: a mare suckling her foal.b. To take milk from (the mother, a breast, or a teat): a baby suckling its mother's breast.2. To take in as sustenance; have as nourishment: suckled courage from her strong mother.3. To nourish as if with the milk of the breast; nurture: suckled on video games and comic books.v.intr. To suck at the breast or teat. [Middle English suclen, perhaps from suklinge, suckling; see suckling.]suckle (ˈsʌkəl) vb1. (Physiology) to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or (of a baby, etc) to suck milk from the breast2. (tr) to bring up; nurture[C15: probably back formation from suckling] ˈsuckler nsuck•le (ˈsʌk əl) v. -led, -ling. v.t. 1. to nurse at the breast or udder. 2. to nourish or bring up. v.i. 3. to suck at the breast or udder. [1375–1425; late Middle English sucklen; see suck, -le] suckle Past participle: suckled Gerund: suckling
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I suckle | you suckle | he/she/it suckles | we suckle | you suckle | they suckle |
Preterite |
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I suckled | you suckled | he/she/it suckled | we suckled | you suckled | they suckled |
Present Continuous |
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I am suckling | you are suckling | he/she/it is suckling | we are suckling | you are suckling | they are suckling |
Present Perfect |
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I have suckled | you have suckled | he/she/it has suckled | we have suckled | you have suckled | they have suckled |
Past Continuous |
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I was suckling | you were suckling | he/she/it was suckling | we were suckling | you were suckling | they were suckling |
Past Perfect |
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I had suckled | you had suckled | he/she/it had suckled | we had suckled | you had suckled | they had suckled |
Future |
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I will suckle | you will suckle | he/she/it will suckle | we will suckle | you will suckle | they will suckle |
Future Perfect |
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I will have suckled | you will have suckled | he/she/it will have suckled | we will have suckled | you will have suckled | they will have suckled |
Future Continuous |
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I will be suckling | you will be suckling | he/she/it will be suckling | we will be suckling | you will be suckling | they will be suckling |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been suckling | you have been suckling | he/she/it has been suckling | we have been suckling | you have been suckling | they have been suckling |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been suckling | you will have been suckling | he/she/it will have been suckling | we will have been suckling | you will have been suckling | they will have been suckling |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been suckling | you had been suckling | he/she/it had been suckling | we had been suckling | you had been suckling | they had been suckling |
Conditional |
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I would suckle | you would suckle | he/she/it would suckle | we would suckle | you would suckle | they would suckle |
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I would have suckled | you would have suckled | he/she/it would have suckled | we would have suckled | you would have suckled | they would have suckled | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" | | 2. | suckle - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"breastfeed, give suck, lactate, wet-nurse, nurse, sucksuck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" | Translationssuckle (ˈsakl) verb (of a woman or female animal) to give milk from the breasts or teats to (a baby or young). 哺乳 哺乳EncyclopediaSeesucklingsuckle
suck·le (sŭk'ĕl), 1. To nurse; to feed by milk from the breast. 2. To suck; to draw sustenance from the breast. suckle (sŭk′əl)v. suck·led, suck·ling, suck·les v.tr.1. a. To cause or allow to take milk at the breast or udder; nurse.b. To take milk at the breast or udder of.2. To take in as sustenance; have as nourishment.3. To nourish as if with the milk of the breast; nurture: "a pagan suckled in a creed outworn" (William Wordsworth).v.intr. To suck at the breast or udder.suckle
Synonyms for suckleverb suck milk from the mother's breastsRelated Wordsverb give suck toSynonyms- breastfeed
- give suck
- lactate
- wet-nurse
- nurse
- suck
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