suckling | | |
n. (person) | 1. sir john suckling, suckling | English poet and courtier (1609-1642). |
| ~ courtier | an attendant at the court of a sovereign. |
| ~ poet | a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry). |
n. (person) | 2. nurseling, nursling, suckling | an infant considered in relation to its nurse. |
| ~ babe, baby, infant | a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" |
n. (animal) | 3. suckling | a young mammal that has not been weaned. |
| ~ young mammal | any immature mammal. |
n. (act) | 4. lactation, suckling | feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast. |
| ~ alimentation, feeding | the act of supplying food and nourishment. |
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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