- 1[transitive] suckle somebody/something (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
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- 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.
suckle
verbNAmE//ˈsʌkl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they suckle he / she / it suckles
past simple suckled
-ing form suckling
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