infancy | | |
n. (time) | 1. babyhood, early childhood, infancy | the early stage of growth or development. |
| ~ time of life | a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state. |
| ~ oral phase, oral stage | (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting. |
n. (state) | 2. babyhood, infancy | the earliest state of immaturity. |
| ~ immatureness, immaturity | not having reached maturity. |
babyhood | | |
suckle | | |
v. (consumption) | 1. suckle | suck milk from the mother's breasts.; "the infant was suckling happily" |
| ~ drink, imbibe | take in liquids.; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
v. (consumption) | 2. breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse | give suck to.; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" |
| ~ suck | draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth.; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
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