Suckle - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Suckle :  (verb)
1: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
2: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: breastfeed, bottle-feed, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck] [ant: bottlefeed]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Suckle : \Suc"kle\, n. A teat. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Suckle : \Suc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Suckling.] [Freq. of suck.] To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. --Addison.

The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier. --Shak.

They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom. --Landor.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Suckle : \Suc"kle\, v. i. To nurse; to suck. [R.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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