suckle Definition
suckle (suk′əl)
transitive verb -·led, -·ling
- to cause to suck at the breast or udder; nurse
- to bring up; rear; foster
Etymology: ME sokelen, prob. back-form. < sokelynge, suckling
intransitive verb
to suck at the breast or udder
suckle Synonyms
suckle Usage Examples
Object
- calf: Old sperm whale cows have been observed still suckling calves of 10 years old.
- breeder: Suckled calf breeders can make future herd management easier if they continue to build up the number of cows born after July 1996.
- pig: However, there were some unethical sellers who would try to trick buyers by concealing large cats in the bags instead of suckling pigs.
- milk: Sometimes, special dental plates can be used to seal the roof of the mouth to help the baby suckle milk better.
- child: There are songs in the crevices of every happy child; a bitter life for the child suckled on anger.
- lamb: Suckling lambs with orf lesions may be disinclined to suck and ewes with sore teats may not let their lambs feed.
Preposition: at
- breast: No child needs to be taught to babble, any more than it needs instruction in suckling at the breast.
- teat: Drowned in Sound is excited to present another all-day event to keep you suckling at the teat of great new music.
Modifying Another Word
- still: Old sperm whale cows have been observed still suckling calves of 10 years old.
- naturally: For calves born to beef cows this can be achieved by allowing the calf to suckle naturally.
- not: He had entered the field to feed a calf, which was not suckling.
- away: We checked " Snowdrop " over quickly then I climbed into bed, put her to my breast and she suckled straight away.
- then: All the mothers will then suckle any of the cubs, allowing the others to go hunting.
Followed by an intransitive particle
up: No more will we periodically have pictures paraded across our television screens of starving fly covered children suckling up to their starving mothers.
Preposition: in
creed: I'd rather be a pagan suckled in a creed outworn.
Preposition: with
bedding: Their piglets try to suckle with no bedding as comfort.
Browse dictionary entries near suckle
- ‹ sucking louse
- ‹ suckerfish
- ‹ sucker punch
- ‹ sucker
- ‹ suck
- ‹ Suchow
- ‹ suchlike
- ‹ such as it is
- ‹ such as
- ‹ such and such
- suckler ›
- suckling ›
- Suckling, SirJohn ›
- sucrase ›
- sucre ›
- sucrose ›
- suction ›
- suction cup ›
- suction pump ›
- suctorial ›

