What part of speech is suckle?

Suckle can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. suckle is a verb, present, 1st person singular of suckle (infinitive).
  • 2. suckle is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does suckle mean?

Definitions

Verb

suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
suckle - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

Noun

suckle - A teat.

Examples of suckle

#   Sentence  
1. verb The old lady had found Rachel trying to suckle milk from her dead mother’s cold, empty teat.
Sentence  
verb
The old lady had found Rachel trying to suckle milk from her dead mother’s cold, empty teat.

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