nourish+at+the+breast

  • 21suckle — [c]/ˈsʌkəl / (say sukuhl) verb (suckled, suckling) –verb (t) 1. to nurse at the breast. 2. to nourish or bring up. 3. to put to suck. –verb (i) 4. to suck at the breast. {frequentative of suck} …

  • 22suckle — v. 1 tr. a feed (young) from the breast or udder. b nourish (suckled his talent). 2 intr. feed by sucking the breast etc. Derivatives: suckler n. Etymology: ME, prob. back form. f. SUCKLING …

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  • 23suckle — v 1. nurse, give suck, breast feed, feed at the breast. 2. nurture, nourish, sustain, provide for, care for, take care of, tend; parent, foster, bring up, rear, raise …

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  • 24nurse — n. & v. n. 1 a person trained to assist doctors in caring for the sick or infirm. 2 a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. 3 archaic = wet nurse. 4 Forestry a tree planted as a shelter to others. 5 Zool. a sexually… …

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  • 25nurse — nurse1 noun 1》 a person trained to care for the sick or infirm.     ↘dated a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. 2》 Entomology a worker bee or other social insect that cares for a young brood. 3》 Forestry a tree or crop… …

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  • 26nurse — ► NOUN 1) a person trained to care for the sick or infirm. 2) dated a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. ► VERB 1) give medical and other attention to. 2) feed or be fed at the breast. 3) treat or hold carefully or… …

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  • 27nursing — nurse ► NOUN 1) a person trained to care for the sick or infirm. 2) dated a person employed or trained to take charge of young children. ► VERB 1) give medical and other attention to. 2) feed or be fed at the breast. 3) treat or hold carefully or …

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  • 28Individual Meal Pack — The Individual Meal Pack or IMP is one type of field ration used by the Canadian Forces. It resembles in many ways the US MRE. The IMP is designed so that a continuous diet of same could conceivably provide all the nutrition needed to sustain a… …

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  • 29Mammalia — The highest class of living organisms; it includes all the vertebrate animals (monotremes, marsupials, and placentals) that suckle their young, possess hair, and (except for the egg laying monotremes) bring forth living young rather than eggs. [L …

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  • 30Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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