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suckle Definition

suckle (sukəl)

transitive verb -·led, -·ling

  1. to cause to suck at the breast or udder; nurse
  2. 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

v.

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.

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