suck

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1. 1.To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.
2. 2.To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.
3. 3.To draw or drain. Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. Thomson.
4. 4.To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. Dryden. To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb. -- To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction. -- To suck up, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction absorption.
5. 5.To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shak.
6. 6.To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
7. 7.To draw in; to imbibe; to partake. The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less. Bacon.
8. 8.The act of drawing with the mouth.
9. 9.That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. Shak.
10. 10.A small draught. [Colloq.] Massinger.
11. 11.Juice; succulence. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground called?
• What is to draw or drain. Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. Thomson called?
• What is to draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shak called?
• What is to draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking called?
• What is to draw in; to imbibe; to partake. The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less. Bacon called?
• What is that which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. Shak called?