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.
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.
I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or
that sort of thing. --Thackeray.
{Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}.
{Sucking fish} (Zo["o]l.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird.
{Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}.
{Sucking stomach} (Zo["o]l.), the muscular first stomach of
certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid
food.