suck

Noun

• the act of sucking

Verb

• give suck to
  • The wetnurse suckled the infant
    
  • You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
    

• take in, also metaphorically
  • The sponge absorbs water well
    
  • She drew strength from the minister's words
    

• provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

• be inadequate or objectionable
  • this sucks!
    

• attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
  • The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad
    

• draw something in by or as if by a vacuum
  • Mud was sucking at her feet
    

• draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
  • suck the poison from the place where the snake bit
    
  • suck on a straw
    
  • the baby sucked on the mother's breast
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sucking , suction , breastfeed , suckle , nurse , wet-nurse , lactate , give suck , absorb , imbibe , soak up , sop up , suck up , draw , take in , take up , fellate , blow , go down on , suck in