"give suck" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives suck [present, singular, third-person], giving suck [participle, present], gave suck [past], given suck [participle, past]
Etymology: From give + suck (verb) (bare infinitive, though now generally felt as a noun). Etymology templates: {{m|en|give}} give, {{m|en|suck|suck (verb)}} suck (verb) Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> suck}} give suck (third-person singular simple present gives suck, present participle giving suck, simple past gave suck, past participle given suck)
  1. (archaic) To suckle; to give milk from the breast (to). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-give_suck-en-verb-pwbrzWfp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for give suck meaning in English (1.6kB)

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