milk
v.
draw milk from the udder of a cow or another animal; sap, use, draw excessive amount from
n.
white liquid produced by female mammals that serves as nourishment for their young; this liquid from some mammals (cows, sheep, and goats) that is processed for human consumption; similar liquid produced by certain plants (as the coconut)
Milk
Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the
mammary glands of female
mammals (including
monotremes). Mammary glands are highly specialized
sweat glands. The female ability to produce milk is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. It provides the primary source of nutrition for
newborns before they are able to
digest other types of food. The early
lactation milk is known as
colostrum, and carries the mother's
antibodies to the baby. It can reduce the risk of many diseases in the baby. Males of all mammal species retain the breasts that are part of the fundamental mammalian animal structure, hence their nipples. Lactation occurs in males in certain rare circumstances, both naturally and artificially, however, some pharmaceuticals precipitate lactation in males readily. The exact components of raw milk varies by species, but it contains significant amounts of
saturated fat,
protein and
calcium as well as
vitamin C.
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Milk
Milk
Noun
1. a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
(synonym) Milk River
(hypernym) river
(part-holonym) Montana, Treasure State, MT
milk
Noun
1. a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
(hypernym) dairy product
(hyponym) pasteurized milk
(substance-meronym) protein
2. produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
(hypernym) liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
(hyponym) mother's milk
3. any of several nutritive milklike liquids
(hypernym) foodstuff, food product
(hyponym) coconut milk, coconut water
Verb
1. take milk from female mammals; "Cows need to be milked every morning"
(hypernym) draw, take out
(hyponym) strip
2. exploit as much as possible; "I am milking this for all it's worth"
(hypernym) exploit, tap
3. add milk to; "milk the tea"
(hypernym) add
Milk
(v. t.)
To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.
(v. t.)
To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.
(v. t.)
To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.
(v. i.)
To draw or to yield milk.
(n.)
The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
(n.)
An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.
(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.
(n.)
A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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