noun
verb
- 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"
- synonyms: suck
- Draw something in by or as if by a vacuum.
- usage: "Mud was sucking at her feet"
- synonyms: suck
- Attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc..
- usage: "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
- Be inadequate or objectionable.
- usage: "this sucks"
- synonyms: suck
- Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation.
- synonyms: fellate, suck, blow, go down on
- Take in, also metaphorically.
- usage: "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- Give suck to.
- usage: "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
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