Feed and Suckle

Feed

Feed verb - To provide food or meals for.

Suckle is a synonym for feed in nurse topic. In some cases you can use "Suckle" instead a verb "Feed", when it comes to topics like nourish.

Nearby Words: feeding, feeder

Suckle

Suckle verb - Suck milk from the mother's breasts.
Usage example: the infant was suckling happily
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Synonyms for Suckle

Feed is a synonym for suckle in activity topic. You can use "Feed" instead a verb "Suckle", if it concerns topics such as nurse, nourish, breastfeed.

Nearby Words: suck, sucked, suckling

Common collocations

offspring feed offspring suckle offspring
milk feed milk suckle milk
young feed young suckle young

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Silver Spoon Tamako also headlocks a baby calf to force feed it, because it's unfamiliar with a bottle, and will starve if it's not trained to suckle one.
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