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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024milk /mɪlk/USA pronunciation n. - Physiology a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving to nourish their young:[uncountable]fed by mother's milk.
- this liquid from cows or other animals, used by humans for food or to make butter, cheese, etc.: [uncountable]a glass of milk.[countable]He took two milks with his coffee (= two measures of milk).
- [uncountable] any liquid resembling this, as the liquid within a coconut.
v. [~ + object] - to draw milk from the udder or breast of:milked the cows twice every day.
- to take out or extract something from, as if by milking:The snake handler carefully milked the rattlesnake of its venom.
- to get something from;
steal from:milked her of all her savings. - to extract;
draw out;
obtain:to milk laughs from the audience.
milk•er, n. [countable] milk•i•ness, n. [uncountable] milk•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024milk (milk),USA pronunciation n. - Physiologyan opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
- this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by humans for food or as a source of butter, cheeses, yogurt, etc.
- any liquid resembling this, as the liquid within a coconut, the juice or sap of certain plants, or various pharmaceutical preparations.
- Idiomscry over spilled milk, to lament what cannot be changed or corrected;
express sorrow for past actions or events:Crying over spilled milk will do you no good now.
v.t. - to press or draw milk from the udder or breast of.
- to extract something from as if by milking.
- to get something from;
exploit:The swindler milked her of all her savings. - to extract;
draw out:He's good at milking laughs from the audience.
v.i. - to yield milk, as a cow.
- to milk a cow or other mammal.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English meol(o)c, (Anglian) milc; cognate with German Milch, Old Norse mjōlk, Gothic miluks; akin to Latin mulgēre, Greek amélgein to milk
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: milk /mɪlk/ n - a whitish nutritious fluid produced and secreted by the mammary glands of mature female mammals and used for feeding their young until weaned
- the milk of cows, goats, or other animals used by man as a food or in the production of butter, cheese, etc
- any similar fluid in plants, such as the juice of a coconut
- any of various milklike pharmaceutical preparations, such as milk of magnesia
- cry over spilt milk ⇒ to lament something that cannot be altered
vb - to draw milk from the udder of (a cow, goat, or other animal)
- (intransitive) (of cows, goats, or other animals) to yield milk
- (transitive) to draw off or tap in small quantities: to milk the petty cash
- (transitive) to extract as much money, help, etc, as possible from: to milk a situation of its news value
- (transitive) to extract venom, sap, etc, from
Etymology: Old English milc; compare Old Saxon miluk, Old High German miluh, Old Norse mjolk |