milk

noun

1. (uncountable)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.

   “Skyr is a product made of curdled 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.”

   “In the West it's' fairly normal to drink milk in various forms into adulthood.”

2. (broadly, uncountable)A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.

   “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.”

   “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.”

3. (countable, informal)An individual serving of milk.

   “Table three ordered three milks.”

4. (countable, invariable)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.”

   “I take my tea with two milk and two sugar.”

   “She just sat there drinking cup after cup of strong coffee, with two milks and two sugars.”

   “Five minutes later, he returned with Justin's large coffee with two milk and two sweeteners and a black coffee for himself.”

   “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.””

5. (countable, uncountable)The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
6. (slang, uncountable, vulgar)Semen.

verb

1. (transitive)To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

   “The farmer milked his cows.”

   “I haue giuen Sucke, and know / How tender 'tis to loue the Babe that milkes me[…]”

2. (intransitive, transitive)To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.

   “to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows”

3. (intransitive, rare, transitive)To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.

   “The black cow milking white milk, black hen on the nest laying white eggs.”

4. (transitive)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.”

   “He captures animals for zoos around the world... and milks cobra snakes for their venom.”

5. (figuratively, transitive)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.”

   “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.”

   “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.”

6. To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
7. (transitive, vulgar)To masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.

   “Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’s dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.”

   ““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.””

name

1. A surname.

   “American gay rights activist Harvey Milk was known for keeping his face and name on the front pages of San Francisco’s newspapers.”