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noun | verb milkmilk1 /mɪlk/ ●●● S1 W3 noun [uncountable] ETYMOLOGYmilk1Origin: Old English meolc, milc 1 a white liquid that people drink, usually produced by cows, goats, or sheep: a glass of milk We need more milk.2a white liquid produced by female animals and women for feeding their babies: breast milk3a liquid or juice produced by certain plants, especially the coconut: coconut milk4the milk of human kindness literary ordinary kindness and sympathy for other people5a thin white liquid that you put on your skin to clean it or make it feel softer [Origin: Old English meolc, milc] → see also cry over spilled milk at cry1 (6), evaporated milk, land of milk and honey at land1 (5), skim milk noun | verb milkmilk2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEmilk |
Present | I, you, we, they | milk | | he, she, it | milks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | milked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have milked | | he, she, it | has milked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had milked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will milk | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have milked |
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Present | I | am milking | | he, she, it | is milking | | you, we, they | are milking | Past | I, he, she, it | was milking | | you, we, they | were milking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been milking | | he, she, it | has been milking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been milking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be milking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been milking |
► milked it for all it was worth It was a good idea, and he milked it for all it was worth. 1to take milk from a cow or goat2informal to get all the money or advantages, etc. that you can from a situation, person, or thing: milk somebody for something He seemed to be milking me for information. It was a good idea, and he milked it for all it was worth.3to take the poison from a snake |