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Definition: Suckle |
SuckleVerb1. Suck milk from the mother's breasts; of infants and baby mammals. 2. Give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suckle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To see the young taking suckle, denotes contentment and favorable conditions for success is unfolding to you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Suckle To suckle fools and chronicle small beer. Iago says women are of no use but to nurse children and keep the accounts of the household. (Shakespeare: Othello, ii. 1.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SuckleSynonyms: breastfeed (v), give suck (v), lactate (v), nurse (v), suck (v), wet-nurse (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: bottlefeed (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Aid | Cradle, nourish; nurture, nurse, dry nurse, suckle, put out to nurse; manure, cultivate, force; foster, cherish, foment; feed the flame, fan the flame. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Suckle |
| English words defined with "suckle": Agalactous, amah ♦ dry nurse ♦ wet nurse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suckle": Chronicle Small Beer ♦ Mammalia. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "suckle": Nutrication. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And the great whore will suckle us until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni) All you've ever done in your life is cook, clean, dust, sweep, scrub, suckle, and nurture. (Life with Louie; writing credit: Martin Miehe-Renard; Mette Andersen Ottesen) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
William Shakespeare | To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. |
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| "Suckle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 85.00% of the time. "Suckle" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 85% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "suckle": suckle-calf. | |
Ending with "suckle": honey-suckle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
suckle | 47 |
lactating man suckle that woman | 2 |
breast suckle | 2 |
pig suckle tiger | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "suckle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tajit, tajis, rrit me gji një fëmijë, jap gji. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مص (absorption, lick, licking, pick, siphon, suck, suck out, sucking up, suction), ترضع (nurse), رضع (foster, nurse, suck), رضاعة (suck, suckling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кърмя (breast-feed, feed, nurse), откърмям (bring up, nurse, nurture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "乳 (breast-feed, nurse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kojit (breast-feed, feed), živit (feed, maintain, nourish, nurture, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | give die (lactate, nurse), amme (lactate, nurse, wet nurse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zogen (lactate, nurse), de borst geven. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | suĉigi, mamnutri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پستاندارشیرخوار, کودک شیرخوار, طفل رضیع . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | imettää (breast-feed, nurse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | allaiter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | säugen (lactation, to suckle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θηλάζω (nurse, suck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לי וק (absorb, breastfeed, suck), ל" יק (breastfeed, nurse), "י יק", " ק" (breast feeding, nursing, suckling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szoptat (breast-feed, nurse, to give a suck, to nurse, to suckle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menyusui (breastfeed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | allattare (nurse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 含ます (to include, to instruct, to make one hold something in the mouth, to make one understand, to saturate, to soak, to suckle), 含ませる (to include, to instruct, to make one hold something in the mouth, to make one understand, to saturate, to soak, to suckle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふくます (to include, to instruct, to make one hold something in the mouth, to make one understand, to saturate, to soak, to suckle), ふくませる (to include, to instruct, to make one hold something in the mouth, to make one understand, to saturate, to soak, to suckle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 을 먹이십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur yn cheeagh da. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ucklesay amamentar (breastfeed, dry-nurse, nurse, wet-nurse). (various references) suge (absorb, bib, booze, guzzle, sop, suck), hrãni (carry, cherish, feed, fill, Foster, grub, Harbor, harbour, nourish, nurture), fi sugaci, alãpta (give suck, nurse). (various references) кормить грудью (breast-feed, nurse). (various references) sisati (nurse, suck), dojiti (breast-feed, dry nurse, nurse). (various references) lactar (lactate), amamantar (breastfeed). (various references) amma (breast-feed, nurse, wet nurse), dia (nurse, suck). (various references) ให้"ู"นมจากอก, เลี้ยง"ู (grub, keep, mother, nourish). (various references) meme vermek (breastfeed, breast-feed), emzirmek (breastfeed, breast-feed, nurse, put out to nurse, wet nurse), emzirme (breast feeding, lactation, nursing), beslemek (breed, bring up, cherish, embrace, feed, Foster, Harbor, harbour, nourish, nurse, nurture, raise), bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, deem, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch). (various references) naharlamak (nurse). (various references) ссати (nurse), годувати груддю (lactate, nourish, nurse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adali, alam, alas, alat, alatur, alebat, alenda, alendis, alerentur, aletur, alimis, alis, alit, aliti, alitur, alta, altam, altas, alti, altis, alto, altos, altum, altus, alui, alvi, lactare, nutricem, nutrices, nutrire, subal. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suckle": suckled, suckler, sucklers, suckles, suckless. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "suckle": honeysuckle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "suckle": honeysuckles. (additional references) | |
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"Suckle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cuckel, duckle, kuckle, Muckla, ruckle, Scuole, Seckler, secklow, shuckle, Shukle, snuckle, sockle, succle, sukkel, surkle, syckle, sycle, Unckel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suckle" (pronounced su"kul) |
| 4 | -u" k u l | buckle, chuckle, Huckle, knuckle, muckle, ruckle. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, alphabetical, analytical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, article, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, barnacle, biblical, bicycle, bifocal, biochemical, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chemical, Chronicle, chronological, circle, classical, clavicle, clerical, clinical, comical, commonsensical, conical, coracle, cortical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cuticle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, diacritical, dialectical, domical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, epochal, equivocal, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, etymological, evangelical, fanatical, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geophysical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, hierarchical, historical, honeysuckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hypothetical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, impractical, inimical, ironical, jackal, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, medical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, meteorological, methodical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, morphological, motorcycle, musical, mystical, mythical, mythological, nautical, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, numerical, obstacle, ontological, optical, Oracle, oratorical, ornithological, paradoxical, particle, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, photochemical, physical, physiological, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, popsicle, practical, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, quizzical, rabbinical, radical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, rhetorical, runkle, sabbatical, satirical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, tentacle, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unequivocal, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-k-l-s-u" | |
-1 letter: clues, cukes, luces, lucks, sculk. | |
-2 letters: cels, clue, cues, cuke, cusk, ecus, elks, kues, leks, leku, luce, luck, lues, slue, suck, sulk, ukes. | |
-3 letters: cel, cue, ecu, elk, els, kue, lek, leu, sec, sel, sue, uke, use. | |
-4 letters: el, es, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-k-l-s-u" | |
+1 letter: buckles, huckles, luckies, muckles, ruckles, sculked, sculker, suckled, suckler, suckles. | |
+2 letters: blesbuck, bucklers, caulkers, chuckles, clunkers, knuckles, luckiest, luckless, pluckers, sculkers, scumlike, shelduck, subclerk, suchlike, sucklers, suckless, truckles. | |
+3 letters: blesbucks, bluejacks, blueticks, bullnecks, cheekfuls, chucklers, clunkiest, knucklers, leukemics, luckiness, penuckles, pluckiest, shelducks, subclerks, trucklers, unbuckles, unshackle. | |
+4 letters: blockhouse, bucketfuls, bucketsful, chuckholes, cockleburs, cocksurely, knuckliest, lackluster, leukocytes, outslicked, parbuckles, pluckiness, pocketfuls, pocketsful, quicklimes, saucerlike, superblock, superflack, superslick, supplejack, trucklines, unluckiest, unshackled, unshackles. | |
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