Suck

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A small draught.

II. Suck ·noun Juice; succulence.

III. Suck ·vt To draw or drain.

IV. Suck ·noun The act of drawing with the mouth.

V. Suck ·vt To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.

VI. Suck ·vi To draw in; to Imbibe; to Partake.

VII. Suck ·noun That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.

VIII. Suck ·vi To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.

IX. Suck ·vi To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.

X. Suck ·vt To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to Inhale; to Absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.

XI. Suck ·vt To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.

XII. Suck ·vt To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, ·etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.

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