suckle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

suckle [suckle suckles suckled suckling] BrE [ˈsʌkl] NAmE [ˈsʌkl] verb
1. transitive ~ sb/sth (of a woman or female animal)to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast or ↑udder
•a cow suckling her calves
• (old-fashioned)a mother suckling a baby
2. intransitive (of a baby or young animal)to drink milk from its mother's breast or ↑udder
•The young of some mammals continue to suckle for years.
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: probably a back-formation from ↑suckling.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  breastfeed, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck