Suckle
['sʌk(ə)l] or ['sʌkl]
Definition
(verb.) suck milk from the mother's breasts; 'the infant was suckling happily'.
Editor: Pierre--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A teat.
(v. t.) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
(v. i.) To nurse; to suck.
Editor: Sasha
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Nurse, give suck to, feed at the breast.
Checker: Velma
Definition
v.t. to give suck to: to nurse at the breast.—n. Suck′ler a mammal that suckles its young a suckling.—n.pl. Suck′lers red clover.—n. Suck′ling a young child or animal being nursed at the breast.—adj. sucking.
Edited by Alta
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see the young taking suckle, denotes contentment and favorable conditions for success is unfolding to you. See Nursing.
Checker: Victoria
Examples
- You would be amazed to hear how my brother, Mr. Suckling, sometimes flies about. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You quite shock me; if you mean a fling at the slave-trade, I assure you Mr. Suckling was always rather a friend to the abolition. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Neither Mr. Suckling nor me had ever any patience with them; and we used sometimes to say very cutting things! Jane Austen. Emma.
- I will never forget Romulus suckling the Tiber. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Caroline no more showed such wounding sagacity or reproachful sensitiveness now than she had done when a suckling of three months old. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was sitting by the fire, suckling an infant, whose tiny hand she held against her neck. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The very first subject after being seated was Maple Grove, My brother Mr. Suckling's seat;a comparison of Hartfield to Maple Grove. Jane Austen. Emma.
- My mother had likewise an excellent constitution: she suckled all her ten children. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Spence