suckle
(redirected from suckles)Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical.
suck·le
(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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
suckle
(ˈsʌkəl)vb
1. (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
[C15: probably back formation from suckling]
ˈsuckler n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
suck•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.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
suckle
Past participle: suckled
Gerund: suckling
| Imperative |
|---|
| suckle |
| suckle |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
| Verb | 1. | suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily" |
| 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" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
تُرْضِع
kojit
amme
mamnutri
imeäimettää
hafa á brjósti/spena
zīdīt
meme vermeksüt emzirmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
suckle
(ˈsakl) verb (of a woman or female animal) to give milk from the breasts or teats to (a baby or young).
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
suckle
vt amamantar, lactar, dar el pecho, dar de mamar; vi mamarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.