feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast a young mammal that has not been weaned English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
a young human or animal still taking milk from its mother (suck). In mammals, the drawing of milk into the mouth from the nipple of a mammary gland. In human beings, it is referred to as nursing or breast-feeding. The word also denotes an animal that has not yet been weaned that is, whose access to milk has not yet been withdrawn, a process that gradually accustoms the young to accept an adult diet
born February 1609, Whitton, Middlesex, Eng. died 1642, Paris, France English Cavalier poet, dramatist, and courtier. He inherited his father's considerable estates at age 18 and became prominent at court as a gallant and a gamester; he is credited with inventing cribbage. After participating in a foiled plot to rescue the Earl of Strafford from the Tower of London, he fled to France and is believed to have committed suicide. He wrote four plays, the best being the lively comedy The Goblins (1638). His reputation as a poet rests on his lyrics, the best of which are easy and natural. His masterpiece is "A Ballad upon a Wedding," written in the style and metre of the contemporary street ballad
When a mother suckles her baby, she feeds it by letting it suck milk from her breast. A young woman suckling a baby is one of life's most natural and delightful scenes. = breastfeed