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Meaning of 'milk'
Meaning of 'milk' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Milk 
[ n.]
- A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female
mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute
globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar,
and inorganic salts. [ n.]- A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
- An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.
- The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
2. Milk [ v. i.]
- To draw or to yield milk. [ v. i.]3. Milk [ v. t.]
- To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the
hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of. [ v. t.]- To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.
- To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.
Meaning of 'milk' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. milk [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- take milk from female mammals
- take milk from female mammals
Example in sentence:
- Cows need to be milked every morning
Meaning (2):
- exploit as much as possible
- exploit as much as possible
Example in sentence:
- I am milking this for all it's worth
Meaning (3):
- add milk to
- add milk to
Example in sentence:
- milk the tea
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