suckle
verb (used with object)
to nurse at the breast or udder.
has suckled
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present perfectof suckle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Seldom does she relent towards those whom she has suckled unkindly and seldom does she completely fail a favoured nursling.
From The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler
This man has suckled a child with his own milk.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them.
From Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools by Emilie Kip Baker
Another "has had ten children, all whom his wife has suckled herself; therefore humbly desires to be a schoolmaster."
From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by George A. Aitken
