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How to pronounce suckle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, wet-nurse
Type of feed, give
Verb group suck


The wetnurse suckled the infant.
Type Words
Type of feed, eat

Examples of suckle

suckle
Humans are mammals and generally speaking, mammals lactate and suckle their young.
From the couriermail.com.au
They usually stand within a few minutes of calving, and suckle within an hour.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Alpacas suckle for 6 months and mother and cria are often seen in physical contact.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Like horses, zebras are able to stand, walk and suckle shortly after they are born.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Monkey Flower was marooned on a beach at a marina, trying to suckle docks and boats.
From the sacbee.com
The real scum are the ones who refuse work and suckle the teat of the state.
From the guardian.co.uk
Calves are weaned at about three months and can suckle for up to two years.
From the canberratimes.com.au
I could see Paula trying to encourage Bruce to suckle, but he didn't seem interested.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
She sent a female bear to suckle the baby, who was then raised by hunters.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
  • Breastfeed: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
  • (suckled) nursed: (of an infant) breast-fed
  • (suckling) English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
  • (suckling) nursling: an infant considered in relation to its nurse
  • (suckling) a young mammal that has not been weaned
  • (suckling) feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
  • Suckle were an indie pop band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in the mid-1990s by former Vaselines member Frances McKee, along with her sister and co-vocalist in the group Marie McKee and another former Vaselines member James Seenan. ...
  • (Suckles) Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from female human breasts (i.e., via lactation) rather than from a baby bottle or other container. Babies have a sucking reflex that enables them to suck and swallow milk. ...