suck
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of sucking
Types & categories
- consumption hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
suck the poison from the place where the snake bit
Types & categories
- drink hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
draw something in by or as if by a vacuum
Mud was sucking at her feet
Types & categories
- draw hypernym
Related & opposite
- sucking derivation
Sense 4 verb
attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad
Types & categories
- take in hypernym
Related & opposite
- sucking derivation
Sense 5 verb
be inadequate or objectionable
this sucks!
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 6 verb
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
Types & categories
- stir hypernym
Related & opposite
- fellatio derivation
Sense 7 verb
take in, also metaphorically
The sponge absorbs water well
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
give suck to
The wetnurse suckled the infant
Types & categories
- feed hypernym
Related & opposite
- bottlefeed antonym
- sucking derivation
- lactation derivation
- breast feeding derivation
- sucker derivation
- nursery derivation
- nanny derivation
- lactation derivation
- lactation derivation
- suck verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suck |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wet-nurse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | soak up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suck |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suck in |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suctorial |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | consumption |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | suck in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucker |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | wet-nurse |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | drink |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucking |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | draw |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | take in |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fellatio |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | stir |
| 7 | also see | Related & opposite | suck in |
| 7 | also see | Related & opposite | attract |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucking |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucker |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | juicer |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | absorption |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | absorber |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | mop up |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | blot |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sponge up |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | bottlefeed |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucking |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | lactation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | breast feeding |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sucker |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | nursery |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | nanny |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | lactation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | lactation |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | suck |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | feed |