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Milk

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Noun

1. milk

a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

2. milk

produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young

3. milk, milk river

a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

4. milk

any of several nutritive milklike liquids

Verb

5. milk

take milk from female mammals

Example Sentences:
'Cows need to be milked every morning'

6. milk

exploit as much as possible

Example Sentences:
'I am milking this for all it's worth'

7. milk

add milk to

Example Sentences:
'milk the tea'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Milk

see synonyms of milk
noun
1. 
a. 
a whitish nutritious fluid produced and secreted by the mammary glands of mature female mammals and used for feeding their young until weaned
b. 
the milk of cows, goats, or other animals used by man as a food or in the production of butter, cheese, etc
▶ Related adjectives: lacteal, lactic
2. 
any similar fluid in plants, such as the juice of a coconut
3. 
any of various milklike pharmaceutical preparations, such as milk of magnesia
4.  cry over spilt milk
verb
5. 
to draw milk from the udder of (a cow, goat, or other animal)
6. (intransitive)
(of cows, goats, or other animals) to yield milk
7. (transitive)
to draw off or tap in small quantities
to milk the petty cash
8. (transitive)
to extract as much money, help, etc, as possible from
to milk a situation of its news value
9. (transitive)
to extract venom, sap, etc, from

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Milk

see synonyms of milk
noun
1. 
a white or yellowish emulsion secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for suckling their young and usually consisting of fats, proteins, sugars, vitamins, and minerals suspended in water
2. 
cow's milk, or, sometimes, that of goats, camels, etc., drunk by humans as a food or used to make butter, cheese, casein products, etc.
3. 
any liquid like this, as the juice of various plants or fruits (e.g., coconut milk), or any of various emulsions
verb transitive
4. 
to draw or squeeze milk from the mammary glands of (a cow, etc.)
5. 
to draw out or drain off; extract as if by milking
6. 
to drain off or extract money, ideas, strength, etc. from as if by milking; exploit
7. 
to extract juice, sap, venom, etc. from
8. 
to draw out (information, etc.) as if by milking
verb intransitive
9. 
to give milk
10. 
to draw milk
adjective
11. 
giving milk; kept for milking
milk cows

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

Milk

see synonyms of milk
n.
1. A whitish liquid containing proteins, fats, lactose, and various vitamins and minerals that is produced by the mammary glands of all mature female mammals after they have given birth and serves as nourishment for their young.
2. The milk of cows, goats, or other animals, used as food by humans.
3. Any of various potable liquids resembling milk, such as coconut milk or soymilk.
4. A liquid resembling milk in consistency, such as milkweed sap or milk of magnesia.
v. milked, milk·ing, milks
v.tr.
1.
a. To draw milk from the teat or udder of (a female mammal).
b. To draw or extract a liquid from: milked the stem for its last drops of sap.
2. To press out, drain off, or remove (a liquid): milk venom from a snake.
3. Informal
a. To draw out or extract something from: milked the witness for information.
b. To obtain money or benefits from, in order to achieve personal gain; exploit: "The dictator and his cronies had milked their country of somewhere between $5 billion and $10 billion" (Russell Watson).
c. To obtain the greatest possible advantage from (a situation).
d. To get the greatest effect from (a line or scene in a play, for example).
v.intr.
1. To yield or supply milk.
2. To draw milk from a female mammal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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