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suck·le  (skl)
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.

[Middle English suclen, perhaps from suklinge, suckling; see suckling.]

suckle [ˈsʌkəl]
vb
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or (of a baby, etc.) to suck milk from the breast
2. (tr) to bring up; nurture
[probably back formation from suckling]
suckler  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.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"
suck - 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"
Translations
suckle [ˈsʌkl]
B. VImamar
to suckle at one's mother's breastmamar del pecho de su madre

suckle [ˈsʌkəl] vtallaiter

suckle
vt childstillen; animalsäugen
visaugen, trinken

suckle [ˈsʌkl] vtallattare

suckle
v suckle [ˈsakl]
(of a woman or female animal) to give milk from the breasts or teats to (a baby or young). soog تُرْضِع кърмя kojit amme das Saugen θηλάζω amamantar, dar de mamar imetama شير دادن به نوزاد imettää allaiter לְהֵנִיק स्तन से दूध पिलाना dojiti (meg)szoptat menyusui hafa á brjósti/spena allattare 乳を飲ませる 젖을 먹이다 žindyti zīdīt menyusu zogen amme, gi bryst karmić (piersią) amamentar a alăpta вскармливание dojčiť dojiti dojiti dia, amma ให้ดูดนมจากอก süt emzirmek, meme vermek 哺乳 годувати груддю; давати ссати вим'я دودھ پلانا cho bú


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"No, there was an Englishman who did suckle his baby on board ship," said the old prince, feeling this freedom in conversation permissible before his own daughters.
Then he carried the child away to a secret place, where a nurse was obliged to suckle it, and he ran to the king and accused the queen of having allowed her child to be taken from her by the wild beasts.
Perhaps she has a child and cannot suckle it; her milk is dried up
 
 
 
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