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suck

(s/@/k )

draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth(verb.consumption)

Example:
Suck the poison from the place where the snake bit.
Suck on a straw.
The baby sucked on the mother's breast.

source: wordnet30
draw something in by or as if by a vacuum(verb.motion)

Example:
Mud was sucking at her feet.

source: wordnet30
attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.(verb.weather)

Example:
The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad.

Synonym:
suck in

source: wordnet30
be inadequate or objectionable(verb.stative)

Example:
This sucks!.

source: wordnet30
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation(verb.perception)

Synonym:
blow, fellate, go down on

source: wordnet30
take in, also metaphorically(verb.contact)

Synonym:
absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up

source: wordnet30
give suck to(verb.consumption)

Example:
The wetnurse suckled the infant.

Synonym:
breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse
Antonym:
bottlefeed

source: wordnet30
To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.(verb)

source: webster1913
To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.(verb)

source: webster1913

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