breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
(verb) give suck to; “The wetnurse suckled the infant”; “You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places”
suckle
(verb) suck milk from the mother’s breasts; “the infant was suckling happily”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
suckle (plural suckles)
(obsolete) A teat.
suckle (third-person singular simple present suckles, present participle suckling, simple past and past participle suckled)
(transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
(intransitive) To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.
(transitive) To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).
• Leucks, Luckes, Luecks
Source: Wiktionary
Suc"kle, n.
Definition: A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Suc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Suckling.] Etym: [Freq. of suck.]
Definition: To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. Addison. The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier. Shak. They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom. Landor.
Suc"kle, v. i.
Definition: To nurse; to suck. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
