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View definitions for suckle

suckle

verb as in nurse

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Example Sentences

It is Ma who suggests to Rose of Sharon that she suckle a starving man.

When they suckle their young, they take them in their paws, and present the breast to them like a woman.

Men cannot give birth to a child, nor can they suckle a child; they can only procreate children, or become fathers.

Man belongs to the highest class of vertebrates, the Mammals, which produce living young and suckle them.

He cautiously pulled back a branch of the honey-suckle, and looked through.

In consumption, all efforts to suckle are frequently equally fatal to the mother and child.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to suckle, such as: breastfeed, nourish, and nurture.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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