Milk

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.

3. Noun

An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.

4. Noun

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

5. Verb

To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.

6. Verb

To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.

7. Verb

To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.

8. Verb

To draw or to yield milk.

9. Noun

produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
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10. Noun

a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment

11. Noun

any of several nutritive milklike liquids
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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