Definition of Milk

1. Noun. A white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings.


2. Verb. Take milk from female mammals. "Cows need to be milked every morning"
Specialized synonyms: Strip
Generic synonyms: Draw, Take Out

3. Noun. Produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young.

4. Verb. Exploit as much as possible. "They milk him of all his money"; "I am milking this for all it's worth"
Generic synonyms: Exploit, Tap

5. Noun. A river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
Exact synonyms: Milk River
Group relationships: Montana, Mt, Treasure State
Generic synonyms: River

6. Verb. Add milk to. "Milk the tea"
Generic synonyms: Add

7. Noun. Any of several nutritive milklike liquids.

Definition of Milk

1. 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.

2. v. t. To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.

3. v. i. To draw or to yield milk.

4. v. i. To draw or to yield milk.

Definition of Milk

1. to draw milk (a whitish, nutritious liquid) from the udder of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Milk

1. 1. 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. "White as morne milk." 2. A kind of juice or sap, usually white in colour, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. Condensed milk. See Condense, Milk crust, a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See Latex. Rock milk. See Agaric mineral, under Agaric. Sugar of milk. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See Lactose. Origin: AS. Meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. Meloc, D. Melk, G. Milch, OHG. Miluh, Icel. Mjok, Sw. Mjolk, Dan. Melk, Goth. Miluks, G. Melken to milk, OHG. Melchan, Lith. Milszti, L. Mulgere, Gr. . Cf. Milch, Emulsion, Milt soft roe of fishes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milk

military uniform
military unit
military vehicle
military volunteer
militate
militated
militates
militating
militia
militiaman
militiamen
militias
milium
milium
milk (current term)
milk (current term)
milk-alkali syndrome
milk-ejection reflex
milk-ring test
milk-vetch
milk-white
milkcap
milked
milken
milker
milker's nodule virus
milkers
milkers' nodes
milkers' nodules
milkfish

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