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Lactate

see synonyms of lactate

Noun

1. lactate

a salt or ester of lactic acid

Verb

2. breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse

give suck to

Example Sentences:
'The wetnurse suckled the infant'
'You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lactate

see synonyms of lactate
noun
an ester or salt of lactic acid
verb
(intransitive)
(of mammals) to produce or secrete milk

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Lactate

see synonyms of lactate
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈlacˌtated or ˈlacˌtating
1. 
to secrete milk
noun
2. 
a salt of lactic acid containing the monovalent, negative radical C3H5O3
3. 
an uncharged ester of lactic acid

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lactate

see synonyms of lactate
intr.v. lac·tat·ed, lac·tat·ing, lac·tates
To secrete or produce milk.
n.
A salt or ester of lactic acid.

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