Nouns (2)
sucking, suction
n. the act of sucking
Verbs (17)
suck in
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"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (27)
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
Synonyms (11)
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"
Antonyms (6)
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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