Meaning & Definition of Milk in English
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Milk
/mɪlk/
noun
1. A white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
synonym:
- milk
2. Produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
synonym:
- milk
3. A river that rises in the rockies in northwestern montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the missouri river
synonym:
- Milk,
- Milk River
4. Any of several nutritive milklike liquids
synonym:
- milk
verb
1. Take milk from female mammals
- "Cows need to be milked every morning"
synonym:
- milk
2. Exploit as much as possible
- "I am milking this for all it's worth"
synonym:
- milk
3. Add milk to
- "Milk the tea"
synonym:
- milk
Examples of using
Tom took a sip of his milk.
"Do you prefer tea or coffee?" "Neither. I prefer milk".
A study has shown that dairy cattle can increase their milk production by up to three percent after having soothing music played to them for twelve hours per day over a nine-week period.