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Definition of Suckle
1. Verb. Suck milk from the mother's breasts. "The animals suckle"; "The infant was suckling happily"
2. Verb. Give suck to. "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
Related verbs: Suck
Generic synonyms: Feed, Give
Antonyms: Bottlefeed
Derivative terms: Lactation, Lactation, Lactation, Nurse, Nursery, Nursing, Suck, Sucker
Definition of Suckle
1. n. A teat.
2. v. t. To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
3. v. i. To nurse; to suck.
Definition of Suckle
1. Noun. (obsolete) A teat. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To nurse; to suck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suckle
1. to give milk to from the breast [v -LED, -LING, -LES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suckle
Literary usage of Suckle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Infant Feeding and Its Influence on Life, Or, The Causes and Prevention of by Charles Henry Felix Routh (1879)
"Circumstances under which a Mother should not suckle. ... 13 and 40); and if it
be her own child a mother has to suckle, it may, after all, be better to let ..."
2. Infant Feeding and Its Influence on Life, Or The Causes and Prevention of by Charles Henry Felix Routh (1879)
"Circumstances under which a Mother should not suckle. ... 13 and 40); and if it
be her own child a mother has to suckle, it may, after all, be better to let ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"suckle pattern " seems to have been developed. Tiat vases have far greater variety
and richness in tier represents Arcesilaus, one of the Cyrenian kings of ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To suckle fools and chronicle small beer." (lago in the play of Othello, ii. 1.)
" To express her self-esteem [It might b« said] that she ..."
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