sucking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sucking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sucking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sucking n the act of sucking Synonym(s): sucking, suck, suction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suck \Suck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[?]can, s[?]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[?]gan, Icel. s[?]ga, sj[?]ga, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sucking \Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray. {Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}. {Sucking fish} (Zo[94]l.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird. {Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}. {Sucking stomach} (Zo[94]l.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food.