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[syn: breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. i.
To nurse; to suck. [R.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Suckle \Suc"kle\, n.
A teat. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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,
suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give
suck] [ant: bottlefeed]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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