suckle

Everyday

1. When a mother mammal suckles her baby, she feeds it with milk from her body. tree →
2. When a baby animal suckles, it drinks milk from its mother. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons on mammals and life cycles, children learn that all mammals suckle their young: cows, cats, whales, kangaroos (joeys in the pouch) and humans. In farm visits, you see lambs and piglets suckling. «Suckling» is also an old word for a baby still drinking its mother's milk. Phrases: «suckle her young», «a suckling pig».

Examples

• The cow suckled her calf in the field. tree →
• Mammals suckle their young with milk. tree →
• The kittens suckled while the mother cat purred. tree →
• A joey suckles inside its mother's pouch. tree →
• Whales suckle their babies underwater. tree →
• The piglets pushed to suckle from the sow. tree →
• The babe became still, just as if it was being suckled. tree →

Note

Regular verb. A science word for feeding milk; for human babies people usually say «breastfeed». Feeding milk to young is one of the features that makes an animal a mammal.

In Jewish tradition

In science lessons on mammals and life cycles, children learn that all mammals suckle their young: cows, cats, whales, kangaroos (joeys in the pouch) and humans. In farm visits, you see lambs and piglets suckling. «Suckling» is also an old word for a baby still drinking its mother's milk. Phrases: «suckle her young», «a suckling pig».

Examples

• Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.' (Prophets 1SA.15.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb. A science word for feeding milk; for human babies people usually say «breastfeed». Feeding milk to young is one of the features that makes an animal a mammal.