Definitions of Milk [ɪlk]

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Definition of 'Milk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) milk
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.

2.  milk
this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by humans for food or to make butter, cheese, yogurt, etc.

3.  milk
any liquid resembling this, as the sap of certain plants or a pharmaceutical preparation.

4. (v.t.) milk
to press or draw milk from the udder or breast of.

5.  milk
to extract something from as if by milking.

6.  milk
to get something from; exploit:
The swindler milked her of all her savings.

7.  milk
to extract; draw out:
milking laughs from the audience.

8. (v.i.) milk
to yield milk, as a cow.

9.  milk
to milk a cow or other mammal.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE meol(o)c, c. OFris

Definition of 'Milk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) milk
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

2. (noun) milk
produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young

3. (noun) 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. (verb) milk
any of several nutritive milklike liquids

5. (verb) milk
take milk from female mammals
"Cows need to be milked every morning"

6. (verb) milk
exploit as much as possible
"I am milking this for all it's worth"

7. (verb) milk
add milk to
"milk the tea"

Definition of 'Milk'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) milk
a white liquid from animals such as cows and goats, which humans drink
a glass of milk; a carton of milk

2. milk
the liquid produced by women and other female mammals to feed a baby
a mother's milk

3. (verb) milk
to take milk from a cow, goat, etc.
farmers milking their cows

Definition of 'Milk'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Milk
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

2. (noun) Milk
a kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex

3. (noun) Milk
an emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water

4. (noun) Milk
the ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster

5. (verb) Milk
to draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of

6. (verb) Milk
to draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows

7. (verb) Milk
to draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder

8. (verb) Milk
to draw or to yield milk

Definition of 'Milk'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Milk
The white liquid secreted by the mammary glands. It contains proteins, sugar, lipids, vitamins, and minerals.

Translation of 'Milk'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a white liquid produced by female mammals as food for their young The commonest source of milk is the cow.
Afrikaans: melk	Arabic: حَليب	Bulgarian: мляко
Brazilian: leite	Czech: mléko	German: die Milch
Danish: mælk	Greek: γάλα	Spanish: leche
Estonian: piim	Farsi: شیر	Finnish: maito
French: lait	Hebrew: חָלָב	Hindi: दूध
Croatian: mlijeko	Hungarian: tej	Indonesian: susu
Icelandic: mjólk	Italian: latte	Japanese: 牛乳
Korean: 우유	Lithuanian: pienas	Latvian: piens
Malay: susu	Dutch: melk	Norwegian: melk
Polish: mleko	Persian: شیر	Pashto: يا شيدى شودى
Portuguese: leite	Romanian: lapte	Russian: молоко
Slovak: mlieko	Slovenian: mleko	Serbian: mleko
Swedish: mjölk	Thai: น้ำนม	Turkish: süt
Taiwanese: 奶，乳	Ukrainian: молоко	Urdu: دودھ
Vietnamese: sữa	Chinese: 乳
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