Meaning of milk In English

• 0 the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and sheep and used by humans as a drink or for making butter, cheese, etc.:

  • a glass/carton of milk

  • cow's/goat's milk

  • skimmed/pasteurized milk

  • a milk bottle

  • Breast/Mother's milk is the best nourishment for a baby.

  • coconut milk

  • plant-based alternatives to dairy such as almond or hazelnut milk

  • The milk of the rubber tree is known as latex.

  • It usually takes six to seven years from the time a rubber tree is planted to when it can produce milk on a commercial basis.

• 1 to get milk from an animal:

  • Milking a cow by hand is a skilled process.

  • Some goats seem to milk (= produce milk) better than others.

• 2 to get as much money or information out of someone or something as possible, often in an unfair or dishonest way:

  • [ + obj + adj ] The newspapers milked the story dry.

  • The directors milked the company of several million dollars.

• 3 the white liquid produced esp. by cows which people drink:

  • cookies and milk

  • Breast milk is the best nourishment for a baby.

  • coconut milk

• 4 To milk something or someone is to get as much from that thing or person as possible:

  • The newspapers milked the story dry.

• 5 to get as much money or information from someone or something as possible or as much advantage from a situation as possible:

  • milk sb for sth The supermarket has been accused of milking suppliers for as much money as they can.

  • If the press hear about this, they will milk the story for weeks.