suck
Noun
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The act of sucking (synset 100844353)
is a type of: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Verb
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Draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth (synset 201171984)
"suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"
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Draw something in by or as if by a vacuum (synset 201858874)
"Mud was sucking at her feet"
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Attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. (synset 202771650)
"The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"same as: suck in
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Be inadequate or objectionable (synset 202680129)
"this sucks!"; "this blows!"is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)same as: blow
- Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation (synset 202121653)
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Take in, also metaphorically (synset 201541851)
"The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"subtypes:
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Give suck to (synset 201188961)
"The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"verb group: suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
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