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   Suck , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked ; 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.]
   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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   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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   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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   To draw or drain.
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   Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
   Thomson.
   
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   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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   Suck, v. i.
   To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
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   Where the bee sucks, there suck I.
   Shak.
   
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   To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
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   To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
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   The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less.
   Bacon.
   
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   To be objectionable, of very poor quality, or offensive; as, telemarketing calls really suck; he's a good actor, but his singing sucks. [Colloq.]
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   Suck, n.
   The act of drawing with the mouth.
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   That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
   Shak.
   
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   A small draught. [Colloq.]
   Massinger.
   
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   Juice; succulence. [Obs.]
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