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milk
(mɪlk)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense milks, present participle milking, past tense, past participle milked
1. uncountable noun
Milk is the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and some other animals, which people drink and use to make butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
He popped out to buy a pint of milk.
...basic foods such as meat, bread and milk.
...empty milk bottles.
2. verb
If someone milks a cow or goat, they get milk from it, using either their hands or a machine.
Farm-workers milked cows by hand. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: draw milk from, express milk from More Synonyms of milk
milking uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
...an automatic milking machine.
The evening milking is usually done at about 7.30pm.
3. uncountable noun
Milk is the white liquid produced by women to feed their babies.
Milk from the mother's breast is a perfect food for the human baby.
4. variable noun
Liquid products for cleaning your skin or making it softer are sometimes referred to as milks.
...sales of cleansing milks, creams and gels.
5. verb
If you say that someone milks something, you mean that they get as much benefit or profit as they can from it, without caring about the effects this has on other people.
[disapproval] A few people tried to milk the insurance companies. [VERB noun]
The callous couple milked money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle. [VERB noun + from]
Synonyms: exploit, use, pump, squeeze More Synonyms of milk
6. See also coconut milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, skimmed milk
7.
See milk and water
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milk in British English
(mɪlk)
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 humans as a food or in the production of butter, cheese, etc
▶ Related adjectives: lacteal, lactic2.
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
Word origin
Old English milc; compare Old Saxon miluk, Old High German miluh, Old Norse mjolkmilk in American English
(mɪlk)
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
Idioms:
cry over spilt milk
Word origin
ME < OE meolc, akin to ON mjolk, Ger milch < IE base *melĝ-, to stroke, press out, wipe off, hence to milk (an animal) > Gr amelgein, L mulgere, to milkmilk in Hospitality
(mɪlk)
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, breakfast)
Milk is the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and some other animals, which peopledrink and use to make butter, cheese, and yogurt.
COLLOCATIONS: ~ bottle~ cartonpint of ~
I like milk in my coffee.
If a customer asks for coffee, bring milk and sugar.
All children's meals come with a glass of milk or a soft drink.
More idioms containingmilk
it's no use crying over spilled milk
milk and honey
milk and water
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British English: milk /mɪlk/ NOUN
Milk is the white liquid produced by cows and goats, which people drink and make into butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
He went out to buy a carton of milk.
- American English: milk
- Arabic: حَلِيبٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: leite
- Chinese: 牛奶
- Croatian: mlijeko
- Czech: mléko
- Danish: mælk
- Dutch: melk
- European Spanish: leche
- Finnish: maito
- French: lait
- German: Milch
- Greek: γάλα
- Italian: latte
- Japanese: 牛乳
- Korean: 우유
- Norwegian: melk
- Polish: mleko
- European Portuguese: leite
- Romanian: lapte
- Russian: молоко
- Latin American Spanish: leche
- Swedish: mjölk
- Thai: นม
- Turkish: süt
- Ukrainian: молоко
- Vietnamese: sữa
British English: milk /mɪlk/ VERB
When someone milks a cow or goat, they get milk from it from an organ called the udder, which hangs beneath its body.
Farm workers milked cows by hand.
- American English: milk
- Arabic: يَحْلِبُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ordenhar
- Chinese: 挤奶
- Croatian: musti
- Czech: dojit
- Danish: malke
- Dutch: melken
- European Spanish: ordeñar
- Finnish: lypsää
- French: traire
- German: melken
- Greek: αρμέγω
- Italian: mungere
- Japanese: 乳を搾る
- Korean: 젖을 짜다
- Norwegian: melke
- Polish: wydoić
- European Portuguese: ordenhar
- Romanian: a mulge
- Russian: доить
- Latin American Spanish: ordeñar
- Swedish: mjölka
- Thai: รีดนม
- Turkish: sağmak süt
- Ukrainian: доїти
- Vietnamese: vắt sữa
Chinese translation of 'milk'
milk
(mɪlk)
n (u)
-
奶
(nǎi)
vt
- [cow, goat]
挤(擠) ... 的奶
(jǐ ... de nǎi) - (= exploit) [situation, person]
榨(搾)取
(zhàqǔ)
All related terms of 'milk'
1 (verb)
Definition
to draw milk from the udder of a cow or other animal
Farm-workers milked cows by hand.
Synonyms
draw milk from
express milk from
2 (verb)
Definition
to extract as much money, help, or value as possible from
A few people tried to milk the insurance companies.
Synonyms
exploit
Casual workers are being exploited for very low wages.
use
Be careful she's not just using you.
pump
squeeze
The investigators are accused of squeezing the residents for information.
drain
take advantage of
bleed (informal)
They mean to bleed the common people dry.
impose on
wring
fleece
suck dry
3 (verb)
Synonyms
siphon
press
express
tap
drain
machines to drain water out of the mines
extract
Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of oranges.
let out
draw off
related words
related adjectives lacticlacteal
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bleed
Definition
to obtain money, etc., from (someone), esp. by extortion
They mean to bleed the common people dry.
Synonyms
extort,
milk,
squeeze,
drain,
exhaust,
fleecein the sense of drain
Definition
to draw off or remove (liquid) from
machines to drain water out of the mines
Synonyms
remove,
draw,
empty,
withdraw,
milk,
tap,
pump,
bleed (informal),
evacuatein the sense of express
Definition
to squeeze out (juice, etc.)
Synonyms
squeeze out,
extract,
force out,
press out
Synonyms of 'milk'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of extract
Definition
to obtain (a substance) from a material or the ground by mining, distillation, digestion, etc.
Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of oranges.
Synonyms
obtain,
take out,
distil,
squeeze out,
draw out,
express,
separate out,
press out
in the sense of squeeze
Definition
to obtain (something) by great effort or force
The investigators are accused of squeezing the residents for information.
Synonyms
pressurize,
lean on (informal),
bring pressure to bear on,
milk,
bleed (informal),
oppress,
wrest,
extort,
put the squeeze on (informal),
put the screws on (informal)
in the sense of use
Definition
to take advantage of
Be careful she's not just using you.
Synonyms
take advantage of,
exploit,
manipulate,
abuse,
milk,
profit from,
impose on,
misuse,
make use of,
cash in on (informal),
walk all over (informal),
take liberties with