SUCKLED Synonyms: 5 Similar and Opposite Words

suckled

verb

past tense of suckle

as in nursed

to give milk to from the breast the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing

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Plastic water bottles pile up at shrines to Difunta Correa, who legend says miraculously nursed her infant son after dying of thirst in the desert.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Eli wore skateboard shoes and nursed a giant bottle of Diet Mountain Dew.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026

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