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milk¹
- /mɪlk/
- /mɛlk/ Canada, Inland Northern American, uncommon
- /milk/ Southern US, uncommon
Rhymes with -ɪlk, -ɛlk
Where it comes from
From Middle English mylk, milk, from Old English meolc, meoluc (“milk”), from Proto-West Germanic *meluk (“milk”), from Proto-Germanic *meluks (“milk”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“milk, to milk”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian molke (“milk”), Dutch melk (“milk”), Dutch Low Saxon melk (“milk”), German Milch (“milk”), German Low German Melk (“milk”), Yiddish מילך (milkh, “milk”), Danish mælk (“milk”), Faroese and Icelandic mjólk (“milk”), Norn *mjølk (“milk”), Norwegian Bokmål melk, mjølk (“milk”), Norwegian Nynorsk mjølk (“milk”), Swedish mjölk (“milk”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks, “milk”), Greek αμέλγω (amélgo, “to milk”), Albanian mjel (“to milk”), Latvian malks, Lithuanian malkas, Belarusian малако́ (malakó, “milk”), Bulgarian мля́ко (mljáko, “milk”), Czech mléko, Macedonian мле́ко (mléko, “milk”), Polish mleko (“milk”), Russian and Ukrainian молоко́ (molokó, “milk”), Serbo-Croatian mlijéko (“milk”), Slovak mlieko (“milk”), Slovene mlẹ́ko (“milk”), Welsh blith, Tocharian A malke.
noun milks
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A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.
Similar: dairy milk, cowmilk, cow's milk
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A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.
Where it does fall down, however, is its nutritional value. While oats are largely a healthy grain to include in your diet, the milk is highly diluted with water, giving it little nutritional value.
Similar: m*lk, mylk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
- An individual serving of milk. Table three ordered three milks.
- An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee. I take my tea with two milks and two sugars.
- A light white color inspired by the color of milk, usually cow's milk.
- The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
- Semen.
milk²
- /mɪlk/
- /mɛlk/ Canada, Inland Northern American, uncommon
- /milk/ Southern US, uncommon
Rhymes with -ɪlk, -ɛlk
Where it comes from
From Middle English mylken, from Old English melcan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, the same root as the noun. Compare Dutch and German melken, Danish malke, Norwegian mjølke, also Latin mulgeō (“to milk”), Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō, “to milk”), Albanian mjel (“to milk”), Russian молоко́ (molokó), Lithuanian mélžti, Tocharian A mālk-.
verb milks · milking · milked
- To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow). The farmer milked his cows.
- To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder. to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
- Of a dairy cow, to produce milk. ‘The boss’s cows must be milking well,’ he said, ‘or has he added to his herd?’
- To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder. The black cow milking white milk, black hen on the nest laying white eggs.
- To express a liquid from a creature. The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.
- To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something). When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
- To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
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To masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.
Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’s dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.
Similar: masturbate
Milk³
proper noun Milks
- A surname. American gay rights activist Harvey Milk was known for keeping his face and name on the front pages of San Francisco’s newspapers.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: milky, milklike, whitish, opaque, milk river, lactate, cream, soup, breastmilk, dairy, milkman, lactation, breastfeeding, latte, pudding, suckler
Translations
Every language
noun liquid
| Español | leche, milk |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 젖 jeot, 유즙 yujeup, 밀크 milkeu, 우유 uyu |
| 日本語 | 乳 chichi, 乳汁 nyūjū, ミルク miruku, 牛乳 gyūnyū |
| 中文 | 奶 nǎi, 乳 rǔ, 乳汁 rǔzhī, 牛乳 niúrǔ |
| हिन्दी | दूध dūdh, शीर śīr |
| Kiswahili | maziwa |
| Português | leite |
| Français | lait |
| Deutsch | Milch |
| Italiano | latte |
| Ελληνικά | γάλα gála |
| Română | lapte |
| Русский | молоко́ molokó |
| Tiếng Việt | sữa |
| العربية | حَلِيب ḥalīb, لَبَن laban |
| עברית | חָלָב khaláv |
noun semen
| Español | leche |
|---|
verb to express milk from mammal
| Español | ordeñar, muir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 젖을 짜다 jeoj-eul jjada |
| 日本語 | 乳を搾る chichi o shiboru |
| 中文 | 擠奶 /挤奶 jǐnǎi, 產乳 /产乳 chǎnrǔ |
| Kiswahili | kukama |
| Português | ordenhar, mungir |
| Français | traire |
| Deutsch | melken |
| Italiano | mungere |
| Ελληνικά | αρμέγω armégo |
| Română | mulge |
| Русский | дои́ть doítʹ, подои́ть podoítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | vắt sữa |
| العربية | حَلَبَ ḥalaba |
| עברית | חָלַב khaláv |
verb to take advantage of situation
| Español | ordeñar |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | maziwa |
| Deutsch | ausschöpfen, ausreizen |
| Italiano | sfruttare |
| Ελληνικά | απομυζώ apomyzó, εκμεταλλεύομαι ekmetallévomai |
| Русский | дои́ть doítʹ, выжима́ть vyžimátʹ |
verb to masturbate a male to ejaculation
| Italiano | masturbare |
|---|---|
| Tiếng Việt | vắt sữa |
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title = {milk},
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