lactate
Definition
Verb:
- To secrete or produce milk: The biological process by which female mammals, especially after giving birth, produce milk from their mammary glands to feed their young.
Noun:
- A salt or ester of lactic acid: In chemistry, a compound derived from lactic acid, often found in biological systems and some industrial processes.
Examples of Usage
Verb:
- Mammals lactate to nourish their offspring.
- After the calf was born, the cow began to lactate.
Noun:
- Sodium lactate is sometimes used as a food preservative.
- The solution contained various lactates.
Advanced Usage
- "to be lactating": The state of actively producing milk.
- The lactating mother needed additional calories in her diet.
Variants and Related Words
- Lactation (n): The process of producing and secreting milk.
- The period of lactation varies among different species.
- Lactic (adj): Relating to or derived from milk.
- Lactic acid is produced in muscles during intense exercise.
- Lactose (n): A sugar present in milk.
- Some people are intolerant to lactose.
Synonyms
- Verb: Nurse, suckle, breastfeed.
- Noun: (For the chemical salt) There is no common synonym; it is a specific technical term.
Related Phrases
- Lactate threshold: A physiological term referring to the exercise intensity at which lactate begins to accumulate in the blood.
- The athlete trained to increase her lactate threshold.
Noun
-
a salt or ester of lactic acid
Verb
-
give suck to
-
The wetnurse suckled the infant
-
You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
-
Khám phá thêm
Các từ liên quan
Từ trái nghĩa
Từ chứa "lactate"
