What part of speech is suckled?

Suckled can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. suckled is a verb, past participle of suckle (infinitive).
  • 2. suckled is a verb, past simple of suckle (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does suckled mean?

Definitions

Adjective

suckled - (of an infant) breast-fed

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"

Examples of suckled

#   Sentence  
1. verb Then she began to say “Youth, O most worthy to be thought a god, if you are a god, you must be Cupid, or, if you are mortal, whoever engendered you is blessed, and any brother of yours is happy, any sister fortunate, if you have sisters, and even the nurse who suckled you at her breast. But far beyond them, and far more blessed is she, if there is a she, promised to you, whom you think worthy of marriage. If there is someone, let mine be a stolen pleasure, if not, I will be the one, and let us enter into marriage together.”.
2. verb Remember, shepherdess, that an ewe suckled you with her milk, and yet you are none the less fair.
3. verb A goat, moreover, suckled me, as an ewe suckled Chloe.
4. verb You have suckled your babies.
5. verb Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf.
6. verb The young giraffe suckled some milk from its mother.
7. verb The old lady had found Rachel trying to suckle milk from her dead mother’s cold, empty teat.
8. verb The old lady had found Rachel trying to suckle milk from her dead mother’s cold, empty teat.
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verb
Then she began to say “Youth, O most worthy to be thought a god, if you are a god, you must be Cupid, or, if you are mortal, whoever engendered you is blessed, and any brother of yours is happy, any sister fortunate, if you have sisters, and even the nurse who suckled you at her breast. But far beyond them, and far more blessed is she, if there is a she, promised to you, whom you think worthy of marriage. If there is someone, let mine be a stolen pleasure, if not, I will be the one, and let us enter into marriage together.”.
Remember, shepherdess, that an ewe suckled you with her milk, and yet you are none the less fair.
A goat, moreover, suckled me, as an ewe suckled Chloe.
You have suckled your babies.
Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf.
The young giraffe suckled some milk from its mother.
The old lady had found Rachel trying to suckle milk from her dead mother’s cold, empty teat.
The old lady had found Rachel trying to suckle milk from her dead mother’s cold, empty teat.

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