v., -led, -ling, -les.

v.tr.

1. 1. To cause or allow to take milk at the breast or udder; nurse.
   2. To take milk at the breast or udder of.
2. To take in as sustenance; have as nourishment.
3. To nourish as if with the milk of the breast; nurture: “a pagan suckled in a creed outworn” (William Wordsworth).

v.intr.

To suck at the breast or udder.

[Middle English suclen, perhaps from suklinge, suckling. See suckling.]

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: suck milk from the mother's breasts; of infants and baby mammals

Meaning #2: give suck to
  Synonyms: breastfeed, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - amme, give bryst, die
v. intr. - amme, give bryst, die

Nederlands (Dutch)
zogen, groot brengen

Français (French)
v. tr. - allaiter
v. intr. - têter

Deutsch (German)
v. - säugen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θηλάζω, βυζαίνω

Italiano (Italian)
allattare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - amamentar

Русский (Russian)
грудной ребенок, сосунок, неискушенный человек, кормить грудью, вскармливать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dar de mamar, amamantar, lactar, criar
v. intr. - lactar, mamar, amamantarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dia, ge di, amma

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
哺乳, 吮吸, 养育, 吸取, 吸奶

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 哺乳, 吮吸, 養育
v. intr. - 吮吸, 吸取, 吸奶

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 젖을 먹이다, 돌보아 기르다
v. intr. - 젖을 먹다, 젖을 빨다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 乳を飲ませる, 育てる, 吸わせる, 乳を吸う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرضع , يرضع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היניקה‬
v. intr. - ‮ינק‬

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