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" All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow."
Grant Wood

Meaning of "milking" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MILKING

ˈmɪlkɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MILKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Milking is 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.

WHAT DOES MILKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Milking

Milking is the act of removing milk from the mammary glands of an animal, typically cows, water buffalo, goats, sheep and more rarely camels, horses and donkeys. Milking may be done by hand or by machine, and requires the animal to be currently or recently pregnant.

Definition of milking in the English dictionary

The definition of milking in the dictionary is the act of removing or extracting milk from the udders or mammary glands of an animal such as a cow, goat, or sheep.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MILKING

banking · booking · breaking · bulking · clicking · cooking · drinking · fucking · hulking · king · making · networking · parking · ranking · smoking · speaking · sucking · taking · talcking · talking

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MILKING

milk vetch · milk-and-water · milk-white · milken · milker · milkfish · milkier · milkiest · milkily · milkiness · milking machine · milking parlour · milking shed · milking stool · milking time · milkless · milklike · milkmaid · milkman · milkmen

WORDS THAT END LIKE MILKING

bushwalking · cyberstalking · dead man walking · deerstalking · erlking · fell-walking · fire walking · hill walking · in the making · jaywalking · now you´re talking · power walking · racewalking · sleepwalking · smooth-talking · stalking · streetwalking · tight-rope walking · tightrope walking · walking · warchalking

Synonyms and antonyms of milking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MILKING»

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

Translation of «milking» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MILKING

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

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

Translator English - Chinese

挤奶
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ordeño
570 millions of speakers
en

English

milking
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

दुहना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حلب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

доения
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ordenha
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

গোদোহন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

traite
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Memerah susu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Melken
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

搾乳
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

착유
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Milking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự vắt sưa
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பால் கறக்கும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

दुग्ध
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

süt sağmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

mungitura
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

dojenie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

доїння
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

muls
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άρμεγμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjölknings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

melking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of milking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MILKING»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about milking

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «MILKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word milking.
1
Heber J. Grant
Thank the Lord for a mother who was a general as well as a Latter-day Saint; who realized that it was a remarkable and splendid thing to encourage a boy to do something besides perhaps milking cows if he was on a farm, if he had ambitions along athletic lines.
2
Zora Neale Hurston
It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
3
Grant Wood
All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILKING»

Discover the use of milking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to milking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Automatic Milking: A Better Understanding
This book reflects the knowledge on automatic milking generated all over the world since the year 2000. Its is a compendium of the present state of knowledge in the field of automatic milking.
A. Meijering, H. Hogeveen, C. J. A. M. de Koning, 2004
2
It's Milking Time
Phyllis Alsdurf has created a poetic story that lovingly depicts the special bond between a child and her father, as well as the relationship between a young farmer and her animals.
Phyllis Alsdurf, 2012
3
Milking Machines
Introduces milking machines, discussing how they function and their purpose.
Connor Dayton, 2011
4
Milking the Rhino: Dangerously Funny Lists
' Your turn, Chris. --George Carlin I first saw Chris Rush thirty years ago, and he killed me. He has a bizarre, funny way of looking at things, and this book is proof of that.
Rush, Chris, 2009
5
Milking the moon: a Southerner's story of life on this planet
A vivid oral biography of the late Eugene Walter describes his Southern roots and its influence on his life, his journey to Greenwich Village in the late-1940s, experiences in 1950s Parisian expatriate cafe society and 1960s Rome, and his ...
Eugene Walter, Katherine Clark, 2001
6
Raising Milk Goats Successfully
Covers feeding, housing, breeding, milking and more.
Gail Luttmann, 1986
7
Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives
The underlying assumptions are that the firm has better uses for the funds, that the involved business is not crucial to the firm either financially or synergistically, and that milking is feasible because sales will stabilize or decline in an orderly ...
David A. Aaker, Damien McLoughlin, 2010
8
Milk Quality
Only well-managed herds can experience the benefits of milking three times a day over an extended period of time. In the USA the Dairy Herd Improvement Association acknowledges a 15-20% increase in production for cows milked three ...
Frank Harding, 1995
9
Modern Livestock & Poultry Production
Three units per person in a milking parlor are usually enough. A good milker may be able to handle four units in a parlor. A maximum of six units per person is recommended in parlors with automatic milking units. 9. Milking order. Milk heifers ...
James Gillespie, Frank Flanders, 2009
10
Farmers' Bulletin
Bad milking practices can be as much a cause of mastitis as a poorly functioning milking machine. During the milking procedure, there are two critical periods: the beginning and the end. This is when udder irritation is most likely to occur.
‎1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term milking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Farming moo-ving ahead as robots do the milking
An award-winning farmer, James has a mixed tillage, beef and dairy farm in Kilmuckridge, and the initial impetus to change to robotic milking ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
The Weekly Dairy Report
Many are having to supplement milking cows with palm kernel, maize, and silage to maximise production, but most are planning to grow their ... «Interest.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Good Timing Critical to Maximising Milking Cow Performance
Adapting milking parlour routines to ensure optimum timing for cluster attachment could help many dairy herds increase milk yields, achieve ... «Stackyard, Jul 15»
4
Coffee Morning Whispers: Milking the customer for all they are worth
It was the day after my first Crossfit class and the muscles on the front of my thighs had completely contracted. kim. 21 July 2015 11:02 AM ... «Herald, Jul 15»
5
Migrants 'milking' benefits system: Foreigners more likely to claim …
MIGRANTS were accused of “milking the system” after figures showed they are more likely to claim benefits than people born in the UK. By Anil ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Milking bullet ants to extract venom that causes the "worst pain …
When a bullet ant stings you it feels like you've been shot by a gun. In the above video, watch Dr. Corrie Moreau milk one of these "incredibly ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
7
Dairy prices forecasted to continue falling as Southern hemisphere …
Adding to the expected glut, New Zealand's farmers are gearing up for the milking season beginning next month after the Southern Hemisphere ... «MercoPress, Jul 15»
8
Shameless TLC can't stop milking the '19 Kids' scandal
Congrats to Discovery Communications for finally axing TLC's “19 Kids and Counting” — but only after a two-month parade of fleeing ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
9
'Herd health improved with Lely milking robots'
The introduction of Lely robotic milking technology has been viewed by many dairy farmers as an opportunity to get out of the parlour. However ... «Agriland, Jul 15»
10
British Milking Cluster Company Becoming Global
GLOBAL – A milk equipment provider famed for automating the post-milking routine is now operating in 23 countries as it passes its tenth ... «TheCattleSite, Jul 15»
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