milk

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English

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Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MILKCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂melǵ-#MILK

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MILKCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MILK milk, mylk, melk, mulc, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#MILKCategory:English terms derived from Old English#MILK meolc, meoluc (milk), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#MILKCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#MILK *meluk (milk), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MILKCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MILK *meluks (milk), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MILK *h₂melǵ- (milk, to milk).

Noun

milk (countable and uncountable, plural milks)Category:English lemmas#MILKCategory:English nouns#MILKCategory:English uncountable nouns#MILKCategory:English countable nouns#MILKCategory:English countable nouns#MILKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MILKCategory:Pages with entries#MILKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MILK

A glass of cow's milk.
A dairy cow. Most, but not all, commercial milk production in the Western world is cow-based.
  1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#MILK) 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.
    Synonyms: dairy milk; (often implied) cowmilk, cow's milk
    Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#MILK
    • 2007 September 24, Chris Horseman (interviewee), Emily Harris (reporter), “Global Dairy Demand Drives Up Prices”, Morning Edition, National Public Radio
      [] there's going to be that much less milk available to cover any other uses. Which means whether it's liquid milk or whether it's [milk that's been turned into] cheese or yogurt, the price gets pulled up right across the board.
    • 2017, Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Experiment, →ISBN, page 75:
      In the West it's' fairly normal to drink milk in various forms into adulthood.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
  2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#MILK, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.
    Synonyms: m*lk, mylk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
    Hyponyms: almond milk, coconut milk, hazelnut milk, hemp milk, oat milk, peanut milk, rice milk, soy milk
    • 2018 September 16, Alexandra Spring, “'Milk' mania: why most alternatives aren't great – but camel milk just might be”, in The Guardian:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
    • 2020 January 29, Annette McGivney, “Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should we drink?”, in The Guardian:
      For environmentally minded consumers, the news is hard to swallow: almond milk is not healthy for the planet and the popular milk substitute is especially hard on bees.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
  3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#MILK, informalCategory:English informal terms#MILK) An individual serving of milk.
    Table three ordered three milks.Category:English terms with usage examples#MILK
  4. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#MILK or invariant) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#MILK
    I take my tea with two milk and two sugar.Category:English terms with usage examples#MILK
    • 2014, Don Eggspuehler, Teachings From Pop, Author House, →ISBN, page 459:
      She just sat there drinking cup after cup of strong coffee, with two milks and two sugars.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
    • 2015, Carolyn Arnold, City of Gold: (Mathew Connor Adventure Series Book 1), Hibbert & Stiles Publishing Inc., →ISBN:
      Five minutes later, he returned with Justin's large coffee with two milk and two sweeteners and a black coffee for himself.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
    • 2019, Maggie Blackbird, Redeemed: The Matawapit Family Series, #1, eXtasy Books, →ISBN, page 349:
      Mrs. Dale huffed up to the counter and fired her battle-axe stare at the attendant. “One medium tea. ... Two double-doubles, and one with two milk and two sweeteners.”
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
    • 2020, John Mitton, Tedmund and the Murdered Heiress, Page Publishing, Inc, →ISBN:
      She placed on her desk a brown paper bag; it held her breakfast, cream cheese on a toasted bagel and coffee with two milks and one sugar.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
  5. The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
  6. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#MILK, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#MILK, slangCategory:English slang#MILK) Semen.
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Etymology 2

Milking a cow at an Australian farm in 1912

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MILKCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MILK milken, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#MILKCategory:English terms derived from Old English#MILK melcan, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MILKCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MILK *melkaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#MILK *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

milk (third-person singular simple present milks, present participle milking, simple past and past participle milked)Category:English lemmas#MILKCategory:English verbs#MILKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MILKCategory:Pages with entries#MILKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MILK

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MILK) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MILK, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#MILK) To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
    to milk wholesome milk from healthy cowsCategory:English terms with usage examples#MILK
  3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#MILK, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MILK, rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#MILK) To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.
  4. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MILK) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#MILK
  5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MILK, figurative) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#MILK
    • July 21, 1877, "The Block in the Courts" in The Spectator
      They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.
    • 2018 August 27, Daniel Taylor, “Lucas Moura double for Spurs deepens gloom at Manchester United”, in The Guardian (London):
      If nothing else, José Mourinho can be grateful there was no mutiny. He still heard his name being sung and at the final whistle Old Trafford was not too unkind on the manager or his players. He milked it, too, marching over to the Stretford End to thank them for their generosity.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
  6. (of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
  7. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MILK, BDSMCategory:en:BDSM#MILK, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#MILK) To masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.
    Synonym: masturbate
    Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’s dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.Category:English terms with usage examples#MILK
    • 2015, Joyce Snyder, Mistress Pussycat: Adventures with Submissive Men in the World of Femdom, Headpress, →ISBN:
      “No, no, no! When a male is in chas-ti-ty,” (Clive always drew out this word and also slavery, emphasizing every syllable to give it extra importance) “he should receive regular milking to maintain good hygiene.” (Yet more kinky behavior cloaked as healthy living.) “Milking helps flush out the toxins which accumulate within the prostate gland of a chaste male.”
      Category:English terms with quotations#MILK
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See also

References

  1. Arden R. Thorum, Phonetics: A Contemporary Approach (2013), page 107
  2. “Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 June 2017”, in EUR-Lex, 14 June 2017:The term ‘milk’ shall mean exclusively the normal mammary secretion obtained from one or more milkings without either addition thereto or extraction therefrom.

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Category:en:Milk#MILK

Limburgish

Noun

milk fCategory:Limburgish lemmas#MILKCategory:Limburgish nouns#MILKCategory:Limburgish entries with incorrect language header#MILKCategory:Limburgish feminine nouns#MILKCategory:Pages with entries#MILKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MILK (East LimburgishCategory:East Limburgish#MILK, Southeast LimburgishCategory:Southeast Limburgish#MILK)

  1. VeldekeCategory:Limburgish Veldeke spelling forms#MILK spelling of Mele̩k

Middle English

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Etymology

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#MILKCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#MILK milc, meolc, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#MILKCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#MILK *meluk, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MILKCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MILK *meluks.

Pronunciation

Noun

milkCategory:Middle English lemmas#MILKCategory:Middle English nouns#MILKCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#MILKCategory:Pages with entries#MILKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MILK (plural milks)

  1. milk

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Scanian

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Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Scanian terms inherited from Old Norse#MILKCategory:Scanian terms derived from Old Norse#MILK mjǫlk, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Scanian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#MILKCategory:Scanian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#MILK *meluks.

Pronunciation

Noun

milk mCategory:Scanian lemmas#MILKCategory:Scanian nouns#MILKCategory:Scanian entries with incorrect language header#MILKCategory:Scanian masculine nouns#MILKCategory:Pages with entries#MILKCategory:Pages with 4 entries#MILK

  1. milk
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