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Webster 1913 Edition

Suck

Suck

(sŭk)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sucked
(sŭkt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sucking
.]
[OE.
suken
,
souken
, AS.
sūcan
,
sūgan
; akin to D.
zuigen
, G.
saugen
, OHG.
sūgan
, Icel.
sūga
,
sjūga
, Sw.
suga
, Dan.
suge
, L.
sugere
. Cf.
Honeysuckle
,
Soak
,
Succulent
,
Suction
.]
1.
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.
2.
To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth;
as, to
suck
an orange
; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth;
as, the young of an animal
sucks
the mother, or dam; an infant
sucks
the breast
.
3.
To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb;
as, to
suck
in air; the roots of plants
suck
water from the ground
.
4.
To draw or drain.
Old ocean,
sucked
through the porous globe.
Thomson.
5.
To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
As waters are by whirlpools
sucked
and drawn.
Dryden.
To suck in
,
to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
–
To suck out
,
to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction.
–
To suck up
,
to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction or absorption.

Suck

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
Where the bee
sucks
, there
suck
I.
Shakespeare
2.
To draw milk from the breast or udder;
as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by
sucking
.
3.
To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
The crown had
sucked
too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less.
Bacon.

Suck

,
Noun.
1.
The act of drawing with the mouth.
2.
That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
Shak.
3.
A small draught.
[Colloq.]
Massinger.
4.
Juice; succulence.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Suck

SUCK

,
Verb.
T.
[L. sugo.]
1.
To draw with the mouth; to draw out, as a liquid from a cask, or milk from the breast; to draw into the mouth. To suck is to exhaust the air of the mouth or of a tube; the fluid then rushes into the mouth or tube by means of the pressure of the surrounding air.
2.
To draw milk from with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother or dam, or the breast.
3.
To draw into the mouth; to imbibe; as, to suck in air; to suck the juice of plants.
4.
To draw or drain.
Old ocean suck'd through the porous globe.
5.
To draw in, as a whirlpool; to absorb.
6.
To inhale.
To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction.
To suck up, to draw into the mouth.

SUCK

,
Verb.
I.
To draw by exhausting the air, as with the mouth, or with a tube.
1.
To draw the breast; as, a child, or the young of any animal, is first nourished by sucking.
2.
To draw in; to imbibe.

SUCK

,
Noun.
The act of drawing with the mouth.
1.
Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth.

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