Thesaurus: milk

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1. 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.
2. n. A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.
3. n. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.
4. n. The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
5. v. t. To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.
6. v. t. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.
7. v. t. To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.
8. v. i. To draw or to yield milk.
9. n. a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
10. n. produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
11. n. any of several nutritive milklike liquids
12. v. take milk from female mammals