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The Meaning of milk

  • (n.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts.
  • (n.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
  • (n.) An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.
  • (n.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
  • (v. t.) To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.
  • (v. t.) To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.
  • (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.
  • (v. i.) To draw or to yield milk.

Synonyms

Milk , Milk River

Homophones

milke

Rhymes

bilk , buttermilk , ilk , milke , schilke , silk , wilk , wilke