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suck
has definitions from the fields of biology,food
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[ verb ] draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
Examples "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit" "suck on a straw" "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" Used in print (Lilian Pompian, "Tooth-Straightening Today"...)It 's perfectly normal for babies to suck their thumbs , and no mother need worry if a child continues this habit until he is two or three years old . (Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)In an instant he had sucked it dry . (Amber Dean, Encounter with Evil....)Not really startled , but careful to appear so , Grosse sucked noisily on his pipe . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology) the act of sucking
Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)This is followed by a tremendous suck of water away from the shore as the first great trough arrives . Related terms |
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[ verb ] take in, also metaphorically
Examples "The sponge absorbs water well" "She drew strength from the minister's words" |
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[ verb ] (food) give suck to
Synonyms suckle nurse wet-nurse lactate give_suck bottle-feed breastfeed Examples "The wetnurse suckled the infant" "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" |
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