milk

UK /mɪlk/ US /mɪlk/
noun 5verb 5name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy produ

Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.

2007 September 24, Chris Horseman (interviewee), Emily Harris (reporter), “Global Dairy Demand Drives Up Prices”, Morning Edition, National Public Radio […] there's going to be that much less milk available to cover any other uses. Which means whether it's liquid milk or whether it's [milk that's been turned into] cheese or yogurt, the price gets pulled up right across the board.

2

A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.

Where it does fall down, however, is its nutritional value. While oats are largely a healthy grain to include in your diet, the milk is highly diluted with water, giving it little nutritional value.

For environmentally minded consumers, the news is hard to swallow: almond milk is not healthy for the planet and the popular milk substitute is especially hard on bees.

3

An individual serving of milk.

Table three ordered three milks.

4

An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.

I take my tea with two milks and two sugars.

I take my tea with two milk and two sugar.

5

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

verb

1

To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

The farmer milked his cows.

I haue giuen Sucke, and know / How tender 'tis to loue the Babe that milkes me[…]

2

To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.

to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows

3

To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.

The black cow milking white milk, black hen on the nest laying white eggs.

4

To express a liquid from a creature.

The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.

He captures animals for zoos around the world... and milks cobra snakes for their venom.

5

To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).

When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.

July 21, 1877, "The Block in the Courts" in The Spectator They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.

name

1

A surname.

American gay rights activist Harvey Milk was known for keeping his face and name on the front pages of San Francisco’s newspapers.

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