Sekirov Dictionary

suckle

/ˈsʌk.əl/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 5

verb3

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To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
- […] the breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier Than Hector’s forehead when it spit forth blood At Grecian sword, contemning. — 1608
To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.
•
To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).
- Buz attempted to suckle his left nipple. — 1982

noun2

•
An act of suckling
- The baby was having a suckle at its mother's breast.
(no longer used) A teat.

forms

suckled · suckling · suckles · suckleth · sucklest

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