Meaning of "milk" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MILK

Old English milc; compare Old Saxon miluk, Old High German miluh, Old Norse mjolk.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MILK

milk  [mɪlk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MILK

Milk is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb milk in English.

WHAT DOES MILK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Milk

Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many diseases in the baby. It also contains many other nutrients. As an agricultural product, milk is extracted from mammals during or soon after pregnancy and used as food for humans. Worldwide, dairy farms produced about 730 million tonnes of milk in 2011, from 260 million dairy cows. India is the world's largest producer and consumer of milk, yet neither exports nor imports milk. New Zealand, the European Union's 28 member states, Australia, and the United States are the world's largest exporters of milk and milk products. China and Russia are the world's largest importers of milk and milk products. Throughout the world, there are more than 6 billion consumers of milk and milk products. Over 750 million people live within dairy farming households. Milk is a key contributor to improving nutrition and food security particularly in developing countries.

Definition of milk in the English dictionary

The first definition of milk in the dictionary is a whitish nutritious fluid produced and secreted by the mammary glands of mature female mammals and used for feeding their young until weaned. Other definition of milk is the milk of cows, goats, or other animals used by man as a food or in the production of butter, cheese, etc related adjectives lacteal lactic. Milk is also any similar fluid in plants, such as the juice of a coconut.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MILK

PRESENT

Present

I milk

you milk

he/she/it milks

we milk

you milk

they milk

Present continuous

I am milking

you are milking

he/she/it is milking

we are milking

you are milking

they are milking

Present perfect

I have milked

you have milked

he/she/it has milked

we have milked

you have milked

they have milked

Present perfect continuous

I have been milking

you have been milking

he/she/it has been milking

we have been milking

you have been milking

they have been milking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I milked

you milked

he/she/it milked

we milked

you milked

they milked

Past continuous

I was milking

you were milking

he/she/it was milking

we were milking

you were milking

they were milking

Past perfect

I had milked

you had milked

he/she/it had milked

we had milked

you had milked

they had milked

Past perfect continuous

I had been milking

you had been milking

he/she/it had been milking

we had been milking

you had been milking

they had been milking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will milk

you will milk

he/she/it will milk

we will milk

you will milk

they will milk

Future continuous

I will be milking

you will be milking

he/she/it will be milking

we will be milking

you will be milking

they will be milking

Future perfect

I will have milked

you will have milked

he/she/it will have milked

we will have milked

you will have milked

they will have milked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been milking

you will have been milking

he/she/it will have been milking

we will have been milking

you will have been milking

they will have been milking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would milk

you would milk

he/she/it would milk

we would milk

you would milk

they would milk

Conditional continuous

I would be milking

you would be milking

he/she/it would be milking

we would be milking

you would be milking

they would be milking

Conditional perfect

I would have milk

you would have milk

he/she/it would have milk

we would have milk

you would have milk

they would have milk

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been milking

you would have been milking

he/she/it would have been milking

we would have been milking

you would have been milking

they would have been milking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you milk
we let´s milk
you milk

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to milk

Past participle

milked

Present Participle

milking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MILK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «milk» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of milk

bleed · drain · draw off · exploit · express · extract · fleece · let out · press · pump · siphon · squeeze · take advantage of · tap · use · wring

TRANSLATION OF MILK

Find out the translation of milk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of milk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «milk» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 牛奶
• Translator English - Spanish: leche
• English: milk
• Translator English - Hindi: दूध
• Translator English - Arabic: حَلِيبٌ
• Translator English - Russian: молоко
• Translator English - Portuguese: leite
• Translator English - Bengali: দুধ
• Translator English - French: lait
• Translator English - Malay: Susu
• Translator English - German: Milch
• Translator English - Japanese: 牛乳
• Translator English - Korean: 우유
• Translator English - Javanese: Susu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sữa
• Translator English - Tamil: பால்
• Translator English - Marathi: दूध
• Translator English - Turkish: Süt
• Translator English - Italian: latte
• Translator English - Polish: mleko
• Translator English - Ukrainian: молоко
• Translator English - Romanian: lapte
• Translator English - Greek: γάλα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: melk
• Translator English - Swedish: mjölk
• Translator English - Norwegian: melk

10 QUOTES WITH «MILK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word milk.

1

Lamar Alexander

I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.

2

Dorothy Allison

Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored the meal, a couple of cups of water or milk and slow stirring to break up lumps.

3

Maria Conchita Alonso

All my life I've had a weight problem. As a child, I loved to eat. I would hide from my mother and drink whole cans of condensed milk in my room.

4

Carol Alt

I don't eat celery. I eat raw milk, cheeses.

5

Stuart Appleby

If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself.

6

Venerable Bede

Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.

7

Chelsea Cain

As a seven-year-old, I remember when Etan Patz disappeared and was immortalized as the first missing-child face on a milk carton.

8

John Ciardi

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

9

Brian Cox

I used to do a lot of fencing in the theater and a lot of horse riding in the early days, so I'm used to it in a way. If you're classically trained like I am, it's a little bit like mother's milk to me. I enjoy it.

10

Madison Davenport

If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILK»

Discover the use of milk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to milk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages

Guide to milk that includes a culinary history, the dietary applications of both fresh milk and fermented milk products, and the development of the modern dairy industry.

Anne Mendelson, 2008

Whitewash: The Disturbing Truth About Cow's Milk and Your Health

Got milk? You may wish you didn't.

Joseph Keon, 2013

Milk: The Deadly Poison

This work maintains that milk is a toxic substance, containing hundreds of different substances, each one having the potential to exert a powerful biological effect when taken independently of the others.

Robert Cohen, 1998

Devil in the Milk: Illness, Health and the Politics of A1 ...

This groundbreaking work is the first internationally published book to examine the link between a protein in the milk we drink and a range of serious illnesses, including heart disease, Type 1 diabetes, autism, and schizophrenia.

Keith Woodford, 2009

Milk: A Local and Global History

"A history of milk and its many uses in different cultures of the world"--

Deborah M. Valenze, Assistant Professor of History Barnard College Deborah Valenze, 2011

The Face on the Milk Carton

Something is terribly wrong. Are Mr. and Mrs. Johnson really Janie's parents? And if not, who is Janie Johnson, and what really happened? From the Paperback edition.

Caroline B. Cooney, 2009

The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk: ...

Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help. Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply.

Diana West, Lisa Marasco, 2008

Tea with Milk

Outraged at the thought, May sets out to find her own way in the big city of Osaka. Allen Say has created a moving tribute to his parents and their path to discovering where home really is.

Allen Say, 2009

Handbook of Milk Composition

The Handbook of Milk Composition summarizes current information on all aspects of human and bovine milk, including: sampling, storage, composition, as well as specific chapters on major and minor components such as protein, carbohydrates, ...

Robert G. Jensen, 1995

Milk!: Life on a Dairy Farm

Describes life on a dairy farm, including cow anatomy and nutrition, milking time, and dairy plant processes.

Ruth Owen, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term milk is used in the context of the following news items.

The battle for control of the growing breast milk industry

Going for as much as $4 per ounce, breast milk is a hot commodity that is emerging as a surprisingly cutthroat industry, one that states are ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»

Tennessee Dept. of Health warns about consuming raw milk

A warning from Tennessee's top health official, don't drink a certain type of milk. The warning from the commissioner of health: avoid raw milk, ... «WJHL, Jul 15»

This 3-D Printed Cap Tells You When Your Milk Has Gone Bad

The end result of the study sounds minor, but sniffing out spoiled milk can be tricky. (It always smells a little off to me, while a friend can't seem ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»

Milk price slump set to continue for six months

The downward spiral of milk prices has accelerated in the last week, and a key dairy analyst has warned there is little sign of improvement in ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

Rocky days ahead for the beef and milk industries

Suddenly, not everything looks so utterly positive for the future of Irish milk and beef - one of the nation's few truly indigenous industries. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

3D-printed bottle caps will let you know if your milk goes bad

If you're not a fan on the ol' smell test to see if milk has spoiled, you might soon be in luck. Researchers from the University of California at ... «Engadget, Jul 15»

What does A2 milk have to offer?

Milk can be described as being similar to pond water – that is a mixture of important macro and micro nutrients. About 95 per cent of the protein ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Man who poisoned fellow church member's milk with weed killer …

An Adelaide man who broke into the home of a member of his Jehovah's Witness congregation and poisoned his family's milk with weed killer ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»

Yakult to boost probiotic milk production by 50% in India

Yakult Danone India on Wednesday said it will increase the production of probiotic milk products by 50 percent at its Haryana unit by end of this ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»

$4000 for a gallon of milk?

While the milk from the cow was undoubtedly good, the real reason many farmers and groups spent so much money on the milk was to provide ... «Sentinel-Standard, Jul 15»