an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.

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.

any liquid resembling this, as the liquid within a coconut, the juice or sap of certain plants, or various pharmaceutical preparations.

to press or draw milk from the udder or breast of.

to extract something from as if by milking.

to get something from; exploit

The swindler milked her of all her savings.

to extract; draw out

He's good at milking laughs from the audience.

to yield milk, as a cow.

to milk a cow or other mammal. ?

cry over spilled milk

to lament what cannot be changed or corrected; express sorrow for past actions or events

Crying over spilled milk will do you no good now.

verb

hoard , save

noun

buttermilk , chalk * , condensed , cream , evaporated , formula , goat , half-and-half , homogenized , laiche , low fat , moo juice , pasteurized , powdered , raw , skim , two-percent , whole , lactescence , milkiness , opalescence

verb

bleed , drain , draw off , elicit , empty , evince , evoke , exhaust , express , extort , extract , fleece , impose on , let out , press , pump , siphon , suck , take advantage , take out , use , wring , draw , exploit , lactate , nurse , squeeze , suckle