1. A white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
   "The child drank a glass of cold milk with his cookies"
    
2. A white liquid produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
   "The mother cat nursed her kittens with milk"
    
3. Any of several nutritive milklike liquids
   "He used almond milk as a dairy-free alternative in his coffee"

1. Take milk from female mammals
   "Cows need to be milked every morning"
    
2. Add milk to
   "milk the tea"
    
3. Exploit as much as possible
   "I am milking this for all it's worth"
    
4. Extract sap or juice from a plant
   "Milking the rubber trees for latex"

1. A river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
   - Milk River

Derived forms: milking, milks, milked, Milks

Type of: add, aliment [archaic], beverage, bodily fluid, body fluid, dairy product, draw, drink, drinkable, exploit, food product, foodstuff, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], liquid body substance, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, potable [formal], river, sustenance, take out, tap, victuals, vittles [archaic]

Part of: Mont., Montana, MT, Treasure State

Encyclopedia: Milk, Harvey