suck
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(verb) take in liquid by sucking |
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Related Words: drink, imbibe |
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| 2. |
(verb) draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet" |
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Synonyms: draw in |
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Related Words: draw, take out |
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| 3. |
(verb) attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.: the current sucked him in" |
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Synonyms: suck in |
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Related Words: absorb, take in |
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| 4. |
(noun) the act of sucking |
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Synonyms: sucking, suction |
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Related Words: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake |
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| 5. |
(verb) be able to take in, as of liquids; "The sponge absorbs water well" |
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Synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up |
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Related Words: blot, mop, mop up, sponge up, wipe up |
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| 6. |
(verb) of infants |
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Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse |
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Related Words: feed, give, grub |
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