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give suck en · VERB

Etymology

From give + suck (verb) (bare infinitive, though now generally felt as a noun).

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To suckle; to give milk from the breast (to).
    • "She brought forth the earth from her belly. She gave suck. The earth brought forth woman and the woman brought forth the first man out of her belly." 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, published 2005, page 35:
    • Wo be in those dayes to them that are with chylde, and to them that geve sucke. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
given suck Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gives suck Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gave suck Tense=Past lexicographic
giving suck Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic