milking
n.
act of drawing milk from the udder of a cow or another animal
milk
v.
draw milk from the udder of a cow or another animal; sap, use, draw excessive amount from
Milking
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
Milking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Milk
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Milking
To dream of milking, and it flows in great streams from the udder, while the cow is restless and threatening, signifies you will see great opportunities withheld from you, but which will result in final favor for you.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project