suckle
verb (used with object)
to nurse at the breast or udder.
is suckling
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present progressiveof suckle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Pili is nursing her baby who is suckling well, but we have hurdles yet to cross so we are cautiously optimistic at this point,” Moore said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
The baby clings to its mother as long as it is suckling, but the mother leaves it hanging from the roof or wall while she goes on brief foraging expeditions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her face is that of a lioness, and she is suckling two young lions at her breasts.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
In the distance Eve is suckling her first-born and holding a distaff.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Francis Douce
It is a common remark, that "a mother who is suckling may eat anything."
From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Pye Henry Chavasse
