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- Dictionarysuckle/ˈsʌkl/
verb
- 1. feed (a baby or young animal) from the breast or teat: "a mother pig was suckling a huge litter"
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SUCKLE definition: 1. to feed a baby, especially a baby animal, with milk from the organ in the mother that produces…. Learn more.
The meaning of SUCKLE is to give milk to from the breast or udder. How to use suckle in a sentence.
to feed a baby, especially a baby animal, with milk from the organ in the mother that produces milk, or (of a baby, especially a baby animal) to drink milk from the mother: We watched the cow suckling her calves. The puppies went back to their mother to suckle. Synonym.
2 meanings: 1. to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or (of a baby, etc) to suck milk from the breast 2. to.... Click for more definitions.
Definitions of suckle. verb. suck milk from the mother's breasts. “the infant was suckling happily”. see more. take in food; used of animals only. verb. give suck to. “The wetnurse suckled the infant”.
1. (Physiology) to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or (of a baby, etc) to suck milk from the breast. 2. ( tr) to bring up; nurture. [C15: probably back formation from suckling] ˈsuckler n.
Suckle definition: to nurse at the breast or udder.. See examples of SUCKLE used in a sentence.
Suckle Definition. sŭkəl. suckled, suckles, suckling. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. suckled, suckles, suckling. To cause to suck at the breast or udder; nurse. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To take milk at the breast or udder of. American Heritage. Similar definitions.
Definition of suckle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. transitive verb. When a mother suckles her baby, she feeds it by letting it suck milk from her breast. [old-fashioned] A young woman suckling a baby is one of life's most natural and delightful scenes. 2. intransitive verb.
