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Words related to suck

Related / Similar Words: sucking, suction, breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck, absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up, suck in

Definition:

the act of sucking;

draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother''s breast";

give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places";

take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister''s words";

draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet";

attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad";

See Also: take in, sop up, suck in, take up, attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in, aspirate

Hyponyms: wipe up, mop up, mop, blot, sponge up

Grouped Verbs: breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

Derivational Morphology: suction, suck in, breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck, absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up, sucking, sucker, lactation, suckling, nanny, nursemaid, nursing, breast feeding, nursery, baby's room, drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer, chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, soft touch, mug, absorption, soaking up, absorber

Anagrams: cusk

Language Translations:
Armenian: ծծել		Bulgarian: смуча
Catalan: xuclar		Finnish: imeä
French: sucer		German: saugen
Hindi: चूसना		Italian: succhiare
Korean: 빨다		Kurdish: mêjîn
Latin: fellare		Norwegian: suge
Polish: ssać		Portuguese: chupar
Romanian: suge		Russian: сосать
Slovak: cmúľať		Spanish: chupar
Swedish: suga		Telugu: చీకు

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