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suckling
 
Noun suckling has 4 senses
  1. Suckling, Sir John Suckling - English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
    --1 is a kind of poet; courtier
  2. nursling, nurseling, suckling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse
    --2 is a kind of baby, babe, infant
  3. suckling - a young mammal that has not been weaned
    --3 is a kind of     young mammal
  4. suckling, lactation - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
    --4 is a kind of feeding, alimentation
Verb suckle has 2 senses
  1. suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
    --1 is one way to     feed, eat
    Sample sentence:
    The animals suckle
  2. breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
    --2 is one way to feed, give
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody
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