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   Suck (sŭk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (sŭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. sūcan, sūgan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. sūgan, Icel. sūga, sjūga, 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.
   
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   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”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   4. To draw or drain.
   
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   Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. Thomson.
   
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   5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
   
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   As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. Dryden.
   
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   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.
   
   
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