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Milk is a white or yellowish liquid that comes out of the nipples of mammals that is meant to feed their babies, or the liquid of various plants and fruits. (noun)

An example of milk is what women feed their baby when breast feeding.
An example of milk is what cream is made of.
An example of milk is the liquid inside a coconut.

Milk means to remove, obtain or pull out. (verb)

An example of milk is a woman telling a man she loves him to get what she wants.

See milk in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a white or yellowish emulsion secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for suckling their young and usually consisting of fats, proteins, sugars, vitamins, and minerals suspended in water
cow's milk, or, sometimes, that of goats, camels, etc., drunk by humans as a food or used to make butter, cheese, casein products, etc.
any liquid like this, as the juice of various plants or fruits (e.g., coconut milk), or any of various emulsions

transitive verb

to draw or squeeze milk from the mammary glands of (a cow, etc.)
to draw out or drain off; extract as if by milking
to drain off or extract money, ideas, strength, etc. from as if by milking; exploit
to extract juice, sap, venom, etc. from
to draw out (information, etc.) as if by milking

intransitive verb

to give milk
to draw milk

adjective

giving milk; kept for milking: milk cows

See milk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(mĭlk)

noun

A whitish liquid containing proteins, fats, lactose, and various vitamins and minerals that is produced by the mammary glands of all mature female mammals after they have given birth and serves as nourishment for their young.
The milk of cows, goats, or other animals, used as food by humans.
A liquid, such as coconut milk, milkweed sap, plant latex, or various medical emulsions, that is similar to milk in appearance.

verb milked, milk·ing, milks

verb, transitive

a. To draw milk from the teat or udder of (a female mammal).
b. To draw or extract a liquid from: milked the stem for its last drops of sap.
To press out, drain off, or remove by or as if by milking: milk venom from a snake.
Informal
a. To draw out or extract something from, as if by milking: milked the witness for information.
b. To obtain money or benefits from, in order to achieve personal gain; exploit: “The dictator and his cronies had milked their country of somewhere between $5 billion and $10 billion” (Russell Watson).

verb, intransitive

To yield or supply milk.
To draw milk from a female mammal.

Related Forms:

milkˈer noun

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