suckle
verb /ˈsʌkl/
/ˈsʌkl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they suckle | /ˈsʌkl/ /ˈsʌkl/ |
| he / she / it suckles | /ˈsʌklz/ /ˈsʌklz/ |
| past simple suckled | /ˈsʌkld/ /ˈsʌkld/ |
| past participle suckled | /ˈsʌkld/ /ˈsʌkld/ |
| -ing form suckling | /ˈsʌklɪŋ/ /ˈsʌklɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] suckle somebody/something (of a woman or female animal) to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast or udder
- a cow suckling her calves
- (old-fashioned) a mother suckling a baby
- [intransitive] (of a baby or young animal) to drink milk from its mother’s breast or udder
- The young of some mammals continue to suckle for years.
Word Originlate Middle English: probably a back-formation from suckling.