Synonyms for suckling
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhk-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌk lɪŋ |
Définition of suckling
Origin :- mid-15c., "an infant at the breast," from suck + diminutive suffix -ling. Cf. Middle Dutch sogeling, Dutch zuigeling, German Säugling. Meaning "act of breast-feeding" is attested from 1799.
- noun baby
- But when we come to Suckling's lines we find that there is a difference.
- Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
- The phenomena of pregnancy, birth and suckling are known to all, so that I shall be brief.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- But I found a fierce and feverish delight in suckling my child.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- Her face is that of a lioness, and she is suckling two young lions at her breasts.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- She took me like a child of suckling time, And cradled me in roses.
- Extract from : « Endymion » by John Keats
- At the noise of the gate the nurse appeared with a baby she was suckling on one arm.
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
- But it is Suckling's poems that have been best known and most admired.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various
- Suckling, as usual, took to his heels, and arrived safe in France.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various
- Captain Suckling was what they call an officer and a gentleman.
- Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Captain Suckling stared in the direction where the finger pointed.
- Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Antonyms for suckling
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