Noun suckling has 4 senses
- Suckling, Sir John Suckling - English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
--1 is a kind of poet; courtier
- nursling, nurseling, suckling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse
--2 is a kind of baby, babe, infant
- suckling - a young mammal that has not been weaned
--3 is a kind of young mammal
- suckling, lactation - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
--4 is a kind of feeding, alimentation
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Verb suckle has 2 senses
- suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
--1 is one way to feed, eat
Sample sentence:
The animals suckle
- breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
--2 is one way to feed, give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
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