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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. take up as if with a sponge;
[syn: take in, sop up, suck in, take up]

2. attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.;
- Example: "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
[syn: suck, suck in]

3. draw in as if by suction;
- Example: "suck in your cheeks and stomach"
[syn: suck in, draw in]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

suck in v 1: take up as if with a sponge [syn: take in, sop up, suck in, take up] 2: attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad" [syn: suck, suck in] 3: draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach" [syn: suck in, draw in]