suckle (redirected from suckles)

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.

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

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suckle

Verb

[-ling, -led] to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder or (of a baby or young animal) to suck milk from its mother's breast or udder

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, suck 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] vt → allaiter

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suckle [ˈsʌkl] vt (baby) → stillen;

(animal) → säugen

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suckle [ˈsʌkl] vt → allattare

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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 ...에게 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 哺乳