Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suck
1 sense of suck
Sense 1
sucking, suck, suction -- (the act of sucking)
=> consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake -- (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb suck
7 senses of suck
Sense 1
suck -- (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast")
=> drink, imbibe -- (take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda")
Phrasal Verb-> suck in#1
Sense 2
suck -- (draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet")
=> draw, take out -- (take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel")
Sense 3
suck, suck in -- (attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad")
=> absorb, take in -- (suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter")
Sense 4
suck -- (be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")
Sense 5
fellate, suck, blow, go down on -- (provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation)
=> stimulate, excite, stir -- (stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions")
Sense 6
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words")
Phrasal Verb-> suck in#3
Sense 7
breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck -- (give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places")
=> feed, give -- (give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat")
