Suckling: alternatives and connections

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.

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An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

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A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age.

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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 pressur…

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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 pressur…

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A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

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One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.