suckle

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Her cheeks were the color of the wild honey-suckle, her lips like strawberries, and the juice of the milk-weed was not whiter than her teeth.

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  1. transitive verb To cause or allow to take milk at the breast or udder; nurse.
  2. transitive verb To take milk at the breast or udder of.
  3. transitive verb To take in as sustenance; have as nourishment.
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  • He shifted so that he could kiss the other breast and as he began to suckle, his hands stroked a path down to span her narrow waist. —  Garwood, Julie - Prince Charming
  • When he finally began to suckle, a white-hot knot of need started to burn inside her. —  Garwood, Julie - Lion's Lady
  • Once a calf loses the ability to stand and suckle, the only recourse is intravenous (IV) treatment. —  CattleNetwork
  • As a muscle the tongue is also important as a means of creating the negative pressure necessary for infants to suckle, an exclusively mammalian activity.
  • If they are very weak they will have to be assisted to suckle--do not delay attention in this case. —  The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English suclen, perhaps from suklinge, suckling; see suckling.

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  1. Freq. of suck. Cf. suckling.
  2. from suckle, v.
 

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/ˈsəkl/
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