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 The word also denotes an animal that has not yet been weaned that is, whose access to milk has not yet been withdrawn, a process that gradually accustoms the young to accept an adult diet