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Suckle

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsʌk.əl

Definitions

  1. A teat.
    obsolete
  2. An act of suckling

Equivalents

28 more languages
العربيةأرضعرضع
Българскибозаякърмя
Bosanskibu
Catalàalletar
Češtinakojit
Ελληνικάβυζαίνωθηλάζω
Esperantomamnutri
Suomiimeäimettää
Gaeilgediúltál
עבריתהיניקינק
Hrvatskibu
Magyarszoptat
Bahasa Indonesiamenyusumenyusui
Italianoallattarepoppare
日本語授乳する
Kurdîammabûdiatalteterzişt
Latinanūtriō
Latviešuzīdītzīst
Македонскидои
Nederlandszogenzuigen
Polskiwykarmić
Portuguêsamamentarmamar
Românăalăptasuge
Русскийвскармливатькорми́ть гру́дьюсоса́ть грудь
Српскиbu
Svenskaammadäggadia
Türkçeemzirmekmeme vermek
Tiếng Việtbumứt

Examples

“[…] the body of this fish⟳ [the Mannatee] is commonly 3 yards long and one broad, slow in swimming, wanting fins, in their place⟳ ayded with 2 paps which are not only suckles but stilts to creep⟳ a shoare upon such time she grazes […]”
“The baby was having a suckle at its mother's breast.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Suckled suckler sucklers Suckles Suckley Suckling

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