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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 |
Thesaurus| Verb | 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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