Synonyms for suckle
ˈsʌk əlsuck·le

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1. suckleverb

   suck milk from the mother's breasts

   "the infant was suckling happily"

   Synonyms:
   give suck, wet-nurse, breastfeed, lactate, suck, nurse

2. breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suckverb

   give suck to

   "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

   Synonyms:
   soak up, entertain, go down on, sop up, wet-nurse, fellate, hold, draw, give suck, absorb, take in, suck in, harbour, nurse, imbibe, lactate, blow, take up, suck up, harbor, breastfeed, suck

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1. suckleverb

   Synonyms:
   nurse, give suck to, feed at the breast

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1. List of paraphrases for "suckle":

   suck

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How to use suckle in a sentence?

1. Julie Dunne:

   What surprised us most was how much he absolutely loved it, it seemed very intuitive for him to cup it within his hands and then lift to his mouth to drink/suckle. We put apple juice in it as that was his favourite drink. I think it is interesting that although the forms change tremendously -- the vessels are very individual -- they do seem to retain a basic bowl/cup shape that fits perfectly within a baby's cupped hands. I would also say I think this shows us the love and care these prehistoric people had for their babies. They are almost toys as well as baby bottles and surely would have make the infants laugh.