Milk

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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A white liquid food: A nutritious white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to feed their young, especially consumed by humans from cows, goats, or other animals.
    • A milklike liquid: Any similar-looking, often white, nutritious liquid produced by plants or other sources (e.g., "coconut milk").

  2. Verb:

    • To draw milk: To extract milk from a female mammal, such as a cow or goat.
    • To exploit or draw something out: To take full advantage of a situation or resource, often in a persistent or excessive way.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • She poured a glass of cold milk for breakfast.
    • The recipe calls for one cup of almond milk.

  • Verb:

    • The farmer gets up early to milk the cows.
    • The comedian milked the joke for several more minutes, making the audience laugh even harder.
Advanced Usage

  • "to cry over spilt milk": To waste time feeling upset about something that has already happened and cannot be changed.

    • Yes, we made a mistake, but there's no use crying over spilt milk. Let's find a solution.

  • "the milk of human kindness": Compassion, sympathy, or benevolence.

    • He is known for his generosity and the milk of human kindness.
Variants and Related Words

  • Milky (adj): Resembling milk in color or cloudiness; containing milk.

    • The tea had a milky appearance.

  • Milker (n): A person or machine that milks animals.

    • The new automatic milker made the farmer's job easier.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Dairy, cream (in specific contexts).
  • Verb: Extract, drain, exploit, utilize.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Milk something for all it's worth: To exploit a situation, idea, or resource to the maximum possible extent.
    • The studio is milking the success of the first movie for all it's worth by making three sequels.
Related Idioms

  • Land of Milk and Honey: A place of abundance and prosperity.

    • Many immigrants saw America as a land of milk and honey.

  • It's no use crying over spilt milk: A proverb advising against regretting past mistakes.

    • I know you're disappointed about the missed opportunity, but it's no use crying over spilt milk.
Noun
  1. any of several nutritive milklike liquids
  2. a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
  3. produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
  4. a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
Verb
  1. add milk to
    • milk the tea
  2. exploit as much as possible
    • I am milking this for all it's worth
  3. take milk from female mammals
    • Cows need to be milked every morning

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