Noun

• S: (n) sucking, suck, suction (the act of sucking)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))
• S: (n) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity (an organic process that takes place in the body) "respiratory activity"
• S: (n) organic process, biological process (a process occurring in living organisms)
• S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) suck (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"
• S: (v) suck (draw something in by or as if by a vacuum) "Mud was sucking at her feet"
• S: (v) suck, suck in (attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.) "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) suck, blow (be inadequate or objectionable) "this sucks!"; "this blows!"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) fellate, suck, blow, go down on (provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation)
• S: (v) absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up (take in, also metaphorically) "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
• S: (v) breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck (give suck to) "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"