Suck

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( v. i.) To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.

(2): ( v. t.) 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.

(3): ( v. t.) 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.

(4): ( v. t.) 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.

(5): ( v. t.) To draw or drain.

(6): ( v. t.) To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.

(7): ( v. i.) To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.

(8): ( v. i.) To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.

(9): ( n.) The act of drawing with the mouth.

(10): ( n.) That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.

(11): ( n.) A small draught.

(12): ( n.) Juice; succulence.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [2]

 Deuteronomy 32:13 (b) The sweetness of Christ is obtained by GOD's people in very difficult circumstances, and under impossible situations. Out of the hard places of life God grants His people the indescribable sweetness of His love and care.

 Deuteronomy 33:19 (b) This prophecy tells how the Jews will obtain their riches from the Gentiles (the sea), and will find riches in strange places, and in strange ways. They will obtain wealth in places and ways that the Gentiles overlooked.

 1 Samuel 7:9 (b) In this picture Samuel is describing to the people how helpless they are and how dependent upon God. As the lamb obtained its nourishment from the mother, and its protection from her, so Israel was dependent upon God, for her blessings.

 Job 20:16 (b) Zophar is making the statement that the hypocrite and the wicked live on lies and flourish on wicked sayings and evil conversation.

 Isaiah 66:11 (b) Evidently GOD's people were told in this prophecy that they would find their enjoyment, their comfort, their delight and their blessing in and from Jerusalem when God restores that city to her former glory.

 Ezekiel 23:34 (b) By this type the Lord is describing the wickedness of both Israel and Judah. They were revealing in their sins. They were drinking in their iniquities. They were delighting in evil things.

King James Dictionary [3]

Suck, L. sugo.

1. To draw with the mouth to draw out, as a liquid from a cask, or milk from the breast to draw into the mouth. To suck is to exhaust the air of the mouth or of a tube the fluid then rushes into the mouth or tube by means of the pressure of the surrounding air. 2. To draw milk from with the mouth as, the young of an animal sucks the mother or dam, or the breast. 3. To draw into the mouth to imbibe as, to suck in air to suck the juice of plants. 4. To draw or drain.

Old ocean suck'd through the porous globe.

5. To draw in, as a whirlpool to absorb. 6. To inhale.

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.

Suck, To draw by exhausting the air, as with the mouth, or with a tube.

1. To draw the breast as, a child, or the young of any animal, is first nourished by sucking. 2. To draw in to imbibe.

Suck, n. The act of drawing with the mouth.

1. Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth.

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