milk
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,445 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,009 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
- produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
- a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River also: Milk River
- any of several nutritive milklike liquids
verb
- take milk from female mammals Cows need to be milked every morning
- exploit as much as possible I am milking this for all it's worth
- add milk to milk the tea
milk in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She could milk and churn, and bake and brew.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Then she gave them each a bowl of bread and milk for their breakfast.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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Now his process of pickling consisted in mixing a portion of prussic acid in milk.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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She is up at five every morning to milk, and keeps at it steadily until lunchtime.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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And shall I, Having a path so open, and so free To my preferment, still retain your milk In my pale forehead?
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1