The Collaborative International Dictionary
Suck \Suck\ (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (s[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can, s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel. s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. Honeysuckle, Soak, Succulent, Suction.]
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.
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.
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.
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To draw or drain.
Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
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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.
Usage examples of "to suck out".
And they're not just here to suck out what they need -- they _feed_ the pins.
White stars frosted a sky so black it seemed to suck out the essence of her being.
Longtusk watched cubs crack open big animal bones to suck out the thick marrow within, the bones returned by hunting parties that roamed north.
They would stab their mouthparts through the skin to suck out the blood that sustained them, and the poison they injected into Silverhair's skin to keep the blood flowing freely caused swelling and intolerable itching.
He ripped at the meat with his teeth, cracked the ribs to suck out the marrow from the bones, and shrugged at the mention of Jon Snow.
But occasionally you'll run into one who wants to suck out your liver.
She hadn't said she didn't know what it tasted like, and Carmilla had told that young English gal in the book she only wanted to suck out her blood because she really liked her.
It injected digestive juices into the shell, and began to suck out the resulting soup.
The air conditioning was on full blast to suck out the rapidly rising humidity.