wet-nurse v : give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: {breastfeed}, {bottle-feed}, {suckle}, {suck}, {nurse}, {lactate}, {give suck}] [ant: {bottlefeed}] wet-nurse n : a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else [syn: {wet nurse}, {wetnurse}, {amah}]