<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young</li><li>this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by humans for food or as a source of butter, cheeses, yogurt, etc.</li><li>a glass, carton, etc., of cow's milk: We ordered two milks for the children.</li><li>any liquid resembling the milk of animals, as the liquid within a coconut, the juice or sap of certain plants, or various pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparations: a gentle cleansing milk for your skin.</li><li>a whitish, potable liquid made of ground nuts, legumes, seeds, or grain blended with water and often a sweetener, used especially as a substitute for dairy milk, its main ingredient as specified: almond milk; rice milk.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to press or draw milk from the udder or breast of</li><li>to get something from, especially in a way that exploits or defrauds: The swindler milked her of all her savings.</li><li>to elicit or draw out a response from someone: The interview was an attempt to milk some sympathy out of what should have been a private tragedy.</li><li>to extract with effort as if by milking; squeeze: He always has to milk the last bit of toothpaste from the tube.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to yield milk, as a cow: We called the vet when two of our Holsteins suddenly stopped milking.</li><li>to milk a cow or other mammal.</li></ul>