"suckle" meaning in English

See suckle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌk.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suckle.wav Forms: suckles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sukelen}} Middle English sukelen, {{der|en|enm|sukeling||a suckling; infant}} Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), {{suffix|en|suck|le|pos2=frequentative suffix}} suck + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} suckle (plural suckles)
  1. (obsolete) A teat. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-suckle-en-noun-52jZugad
  2. An act of suckling
    Sense id: en-suckle-en-noun-WWa0mXRf

Verb

IPA: /ˈsʌk.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suckle.wav Forms: suckles [present, singular, third-person], suckling [participle, present], suckled [participle, past], suckled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sukelen}} Middle English sukelen, {{der|en|enm|sukeling||a suckling; infant}} Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), {{suffix|en|suck|le|pos2=frequentative suffix}} suck + -le (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} suckle (third-person singular simple present suckles, present participle suckling, simple past and past participle suckled)
  1. (transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs. Tags: transitive Translations (to give suck to): θηλάζω (thēlázō) (Ancient Greek), رَضَّعَ (raḍḍaʕa) (Arabic), رضع (raḍaʕ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), alãptedz (Aromanian), кърмя (kǎrmja) (Bulgarian), alletar (Catalan), 餵奶 (Chinese Mandarin), 喂奶 (wèinǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), 哺乳 (bǔrǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 母乳餵養 (Chinese Mandarin), 母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), kojit (Czech), zogen (Dutch), mamnutri (Esperanto), imettää (Finnish), allaiter [transitive] (French), latâ (Friulian), stillen (German), säugen (German), 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan) (Gothic), θηλάζω (thilázo) (Greek), הֵינִיק (hēníq) (Hebrew), szoptat (Hungarian), alaktar (Ido), mamsugar (Ido), menyusui (Indonesian), tál (Irish), allattare (Italian), 授乳する (junyū suru) (alt: じゅにゅうする) (Japanese), បំបៅ (bɑmbaw) (Khmer), alechar (Ladino), nūtriō (Latin), zīdīt (Latvian), дои (doi) (Macedonian), whakangotengote (Maori), whakangote (Maori), alachar (Occitan), alaitar (Occitan), far popar (Occitan), atessar (Occitan), доити (doiti) (Old Church Slavonic), karmić mlekiem (Polish), wykarmić (Polish), amamentar (Portuguese), chuchi del (Romani), alăpta (Romanian), корми́ть гру́дью (kormítʹ grúdʹju) [imperfective] (Russian), вска́рмливать (vskármlivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), до̀јити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dòjiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), amamantar (Spanish), amma (Swedish), dia (Swedish), dägga (Swedish), emzirmek (Turkish), meme vermek (Turkish), mút (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese), sügön (Volapük), nimafön (Volapük), זייגן (zeygn) (Yiddish)
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  2. (intransitive) To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother. Tags: intransitive Translations (to nurse; to suck): θηλάζω (thēlázō) (Ancient Greek), رَضِعَ (raḍiʕa) (Arabic), бозая (bozaja) (Bulgarian), zuigen (Dutch), imeä (Finnish), téter (French), saugen (German), θηλάζω (thilázo) (Greek), βυζαίνω (vyzaíno) (Greek), יָנַק (yanáq) (Hebrew), menyusu (Indonesian), diúl (Irish), poppare (Italian), nūtriō (Latin), zīst (Latvian), дои (doi) (Macedonian), whāngote (Maori), mamar (Occitan), popar (Occitan), ibid (Old Irish), mamar (Portuguese), suge (Romanian), соса́ть грудь (sosátʹ grudʹ) (Russian), mamar (Spanish), dia (Swedish), sugön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-suckle-en-verb-I~V~2TCR Disambiguation of 'to nurse; to suck': 24 60 17
  3. (transitive) To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-suckle-en-verb-Xg6c1P4b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suckled, unsuckled, suckler, suckling, suckly

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "sense": "to give suck to",
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "sense": "to give suck to",
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "word": "dia"
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "sense": "to give suck to",
          "word": "mút"
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          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
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          "word": "bú"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to give suck to",
          "word": "sügön"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
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          "word": "nimafön"
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          "ref": "1997, Ridley Pearson, Beyond Recognition, New York: Hyperion, page 129:",
          "text": "She opened her eyes slightly, like a person drugged—dreamy and quiet. The baby suckled her.",
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      "code": "fur",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "បំបៅ"
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      "word": "karmić mlekiem"
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      "word": "корми́ть гру́дью"
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      "word": "amamantar"
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      "sense": "to give suck to",
      "word": "amma"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "رَضِعَ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "bozaja",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "бозая"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "zuigen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "téter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "saugen"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "θηλάζω"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "yanáq",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "יָנַק"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "menyusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "diúl"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "poppare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "nūtriō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "zīst"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "doi",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "дои"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "whāngote"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "mamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "popar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "ibid"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "mamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "suge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sosátʹ grudʹ",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "соса́ть грудь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "mamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "dia"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to nurse; to suck",
      "word": "sugön"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Breastfeeding"
  ],
  "word": "suckle"
}

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