suck :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the act of sucking

v. draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"

draw in

v. draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"

suck in

v. attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"

nurse, suckle, wet-nurse, lactate, breast-feed, give suck

v. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

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

v. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

nurture, sustain, nourish

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

succor, succour

v. help in a difficult situation

work, crop, cultivate

v. prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

sponge

v. soak up with a sponge

arrest, catch, get

v. attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"

soak, souse, sop, drench, douse, dowse, imbrue

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

soak

v. submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

soak, imbue, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

sop

v. dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"

sop

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

sop, become soaked

v. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

take in, take up, sop up, suck in

v. take up as if with a sponge

deflect, draw away, distract

v. draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

pull, pull in, draw in, attract

v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

feed with a bottle, bottle-feed

v. feed (infants) with a bottle

push back, repulse, force back, repel

v. cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

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