1.b> (, ); , ; ; the baby sucked at its mother's breast ; to suck the juice from an orange / ; she was noisily sucking up milk through a straw ; only the female mosquito can suck blood and transmit malaria ;
2.b> (at, on) () i>; he was noisily sucking on a sweet ; she sucked a mint ; the baby was sucking its thumb ; to suck smth. dry / i> (.i> .i>);
3.b> (), ; plants suck moisture from the soil / ; vacuum cleaners suck up the dirt ; the canoe was sucked down into the whirlpool ; he put the cigarette to his lips and sucked in the smoke / ; he sucked in air between sentences ,i> ;
4.b> .i> .i> .i> , ; , ; their new CD sucks - ; while my brother was sick, I had to do all of his chores and it sucked , ;
to suck in, intob> i> (), i> ; the US had no intention of getting sucked into another war in Europe -i> , ;
to suck upb> (to) .i> .i> (, ), ; he's always sucking up to the boss / ;
to suck it and seeb> , , ( , i>); I'm not sure whether this paint is the right colour for the bedroom we'll just have to suck it and see , , ; to suck it upb> .i> .i> ) ; ; ) ; sucking dieselb> .i> ; ; ; "how are you this morning?" "Sucking diesel, mate, sucking diesel" " ?" ", , ".