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milk
[milk]
noun
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by humans for food or as a source of butter, cheeses, yogurt, etc.
a glass, carton, etc., of cow's milk.
We ordered two milks for the children.
any liquid resembling the milk of animals, as the liquid within a coconut, the juice or sap of certain plants, or various pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparations: a gentle cleansing milk for your skin.
the milk of the rubber tree;
a gentle cleansing milk for your skin.
a whitish, potable liquid made of ground nuts, legumes, seeds, or grain blended with water and often a sweetener, used especially as a substitute for dairy milk, its main ingredient as specified: almond milk; rice milk.
nut milks;
almond milk;
oat milk;
rice milk.
verb (used with object)
to press or draw milk from the udder or breast of.
to get something from, especially in a way that exploits or defrauds.
The swindler milked her of all her savings.
to elicit or draw out a response from someone: The interview was an attempt to milk some sympathy out of what should have been a private tragedy.
He knows how to milk an audience for laughs.
The interview was an attempt to milk some sympathy out of what should have been a private tragedy.
to extract with effort as if by milking; squeeze.
He always has to milk the last bit of toothpaste from the tube.
She tried to milk a few more billable hours out of the contract.
verb (used without object)
to yield milk, as a cow.
We called the vet when two of our Holsteins suddenly stopped milking.
to milk a cow or other mammal.
milk
/ ɪ /
noun
a whitish nutritious fluid produced and secreted by the mammary glands of mature female mammals and used for feeding their young until weaned
the milk of cows, goats, or other animals used by man as a food or in the production of butter, cheese, etc
any similar fluid in plants, such as the juice of a coconut
any of various milklike pharmaceutical preparations, such as milk of magnesia
to lament something that cannot be altered
verb
to draw milk from the udder of (a cow, goat, or other animal)
(intr) (of cows, goats, or other animals) to yield milk
(tr) to draw off or tap in small quantities
to milk the petty cash
(tr) to extract as much money, help, etc, as possible from
to milk a situation of its news value
(tr) to extract venom, sap, etc, from
milk
A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young beginning immediately after birth. Milk is an emulsion of proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and sugars, especially lactose, in water. The proteins in milk contain all the essential amino acids.
Other 51Թ Forms
- milkless adjective
- overmilk verb
- unmilked adjective
- well-milked adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of milk1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of milk1
Idioms and Phrases
cry over spilled / spilt milk, to lament what cannot be changed or corrected; express sorrow for past actions or events.
Crying over spilled milk will do you no good now.
Example Sentences
You put chocolate powder in milk, and it froths.
UK businesses are legally required to declare if a product they sell contains one of the 14 regulated allergens - including nuts and milk.
“They were only given Lays Chips and animal crackers and milk for two days before being transferred” to a family detention center in Texas, she said.
Chef Busato on tasting a Korean milk bread, a fluffy white bread filled with cream, said he thinks it would do well in Europe.
Tins of milk formula were found and delivered by the Jordanian Field hospital and by private fundraisers.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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