Main entry: suck, sucking, suction
Definition: the act of sucking
Main entry: suck
Definition: draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
Usage: suck the poison from the place where the snake bit; suck on a straw; the baby sucked on the mother's breast
Main entry: lactate, wet-nurse, breastfeed, suck, suckle, nurse, give suck
Definition: give suck to
Usage: The wetnurse suckled the infant; You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
Main entry: take in, take up, suck, suck up, imbibe, draw, soak up, sop up, absorb
Definition: take in, also metaphorically
Usage: The sponge absorbs water well; She drew strength from the minister's words
Main entry: suck
Definition: draw something in by or as if by a vacuum
Usage: Mud was sucking at her feet
Main entry: suck, blow, go down on, fellate
Definition: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
Main entry: suck
Definition: be inadequate or objectionable
Usage: this sucks!
Definition: attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
Usage: The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad