suckle
verb (used with object)
to nurse at the breast or udder.
have suckled
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present perfectof suckle.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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In this version, a baby must have suckled directly from the breast and completed at least 15 feedings to establish kinship, among other conditions.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2021
“I have suckled the wolf’s lip of anger,” she writes, “and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
Brothers on these benches forget they are brothers, and sisters that they have suckled the same mother.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd
Dear brother, if you have suckled long enough, do not at once cut off the breast, but let thy brother be nourished also.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
These could already have changed the dog which was said to have suckled Cyrus into the herdman's wife, who was called by the name of "dog."
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
