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How to use teat in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Teat means the projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. Example: “Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.”

Examples of teat by meaning

nounThe projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.

  • Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107

More sentences with teat

  • “I have not tasted mare's teat wine in more than two years,” he said.2010, Guy Gavriel Kay, Under Heaven. From the entry mare's teat
  • They don’t have teats, so the mothers express their milk onto their bellies for their young to feed.2018 March 15, Kelsey Munroe, “Platypus milk: unlikely weapon in fight against superbugs”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on…. From the entry express
  • 'The finest sweet wine, made from the best mare's teat grapes in Kocho - a valued ally in these troubled times.'2011, Peter Ward, Dragon Horse, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry mare's teat
  • The bare teats of the human females bored out from this two-dimensional undergrowth like the barrels of lactifluous guns.1997, Will Self, Great Apes, A&C Black, published 2011, page 385. From the entry lactifluous
  • Anyway, it was December and all, and it was cold as a witch's teat, especially on top of that stupid hill.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 7. From the entry cold as a witch's teat
  • More specifically, mastitis is an inflammation of the udder usually caused by germs which enter through the teat canal.1941, W.L. Boyd, W.A. Billings, W.G. Andberg, University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service, “Mastitis or Garget in Cattle”, in…. From the entry garget
  • Before her trial, she would be examined under oath by the JP and perhaps examined for a witch's teat by several respectable women.2019 May 9, Frances Timbers, A History of Magic and Witchcraft: Sabbats, Satan & Superstitions in the West, Pen and Sword, →ISBN. From the entry witch's teat
  • I drove each cow into the empty bail, chained her in, roped the outer hind leg then washed and massaged the udder and teats.2011, Bob Ellis, Hush Now, Don't Cry, page 153. From the entry bail
  • He brought me a pail and a stool, and held out the round tin of dubbin for me to grease the teats.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 295. From the entry dubbin
  • No matter what the inconvenience, you must be concerned with such things as screw worms, wolf worms, scabies, ticks, lumpy jaw, teat fever.1965, Oren Arnold, Irons in the Fire: Cattle Brand Lore, Abelard-Schuman, page 57. From the entry wolf worm
  • A small group is kept together until kids approach the lambar eagerly and take a teat; then the group will be made up to ten kids.2011, David Mackenzie, Goat Husbandry, fifth edition. From the entry lambar
  • With strip cup eliminate the forestreams of each teat to detect abnormal milk, to be assured of let-down of milk, and to reduce bacterial count of milk.1956, Farm and Home News - Volumes 8-9. From the entry forestream
  • In spite of the frequent milking the swelling of the lower parts of the udder and the teats did not subside; instead, it developed into acute mammitis and thelitis.1935, The Philippine Journal of Animal Industry, volumes 1-2, page 171. From the entry thelitis
  • Ample stimulation seems to be furnished, however, by ordinary rapid, strong-handed milking, followed by a moderate amount of drawing down of the teat and stripping out of the udder.1931, Robert Mann Washburn, Productive Dairying, page 168. From the entry strong-handed

Meaning of teat

  1. noun The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
  2. noun Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
  3. noun An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

Full definition of teat

Questions about teat in a sentence

How do you use teat in a sentence?
Teat is used as a noun. For example: “Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.”
What is a short sentence with teat?
““I have not tasted mare's teat wine in more than two years,” he said.”
What does teat mean?
Teat means the projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.

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