suckle

A mother suckling an infant (painting by Mosè Bianchi)

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
  • To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.
  • To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).

Origin

  • From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling ("a suckling; infant"), formally equivalent to suck + -le. See suckling.

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