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What's The Definition Of Suck?

\Suck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s?can, s?gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s?gan, Icel. s?ga, sj?ga, 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. 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. 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. 4. To draw or drain. Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. --Thomson. 5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. --Dryden. {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.
\Suck\, v. i. 1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. Where the bee sucks, there suck I. --Shak. 2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking. 3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake. The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less. --Bacon.
\Suck\, n. 1. The act of drawing with the mouth. 2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. --Shak. 3. A small draught. [Colloq.] --Massinger. 4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.]