'Milking' definitions:
Definition of 'Milking'
From: GCIDE
- Milk \Milk\ (m[i^]lk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Milked (m[i^]lkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Milking.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of. "Milking the kine." --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- I have given suck, and know How tender 't is to love the babe that milks me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
- They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock. --London Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- To milk the street, to squeeze the smaller operators in stocks and extract a profit from them, by alternately raising and depressing prices within a short range; -- said of the large dealers. [Cant]
- To milk a telegram, to use for one's own advantage the contents of a telegram belonging to another person. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'milking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Milking'
- Milk,
- Milked,
- Milkful,
- milk can,
- Condensed milk,
- Milk crust,
- Milk fever,
- Milk glass,
- Milk knot,
- Milk leg,
- Milk meats,
- Milk mirror,
- Milk molar,
- Milk of lime,
- Milk parsley,
- Milk pea,
- Milk punch,
- Milk sickness,
- Milk snake,
- Milk sugar,
- Milk thistle,
- Milk thrush,
- Milk tooth,
- Milk tree,
- Milk vessel,
- Milk vetch,
- Mountain milk,
- Rock milk,
- Serum of milk,
- Skim milk,
- Sugar of milk,
- To milk a telegram,
- To milk the street,
- To set milk,
- acidophilus milk,
- certified milk,
- chocolate milk,
- coconut milk,
- cows' milk,
- devil's milk,
- dried milk,
- dry milk,
- evaporated milk,
- goats' milk,
- homogenized milk,
- ice milk,
- malted milk,
- milk adder,
- milk bar,
- milk chocolate,
- milk cow,
- milk float,
- milk intolerance,
- milk of magnesia,
- milk powder,
- milk pox,
- milk river,
- milk shake,
- milk wagon,
- milk whey,
- milking machine,
- milking shorthorn,
- milking stool,
- mother's milk,
- pasteurized milk,
- powdered milk,
- raw milk,
- scalded milk,
- skimmed milk,
- sour milk,
- soya milk,
- soybean milk,
- whole milk,
- wolf's milk,
- yak's milk,
- Milk-livered,
- Wolf's-milk,
- alpine milk vetch,
- milk-sick,
- milk-vetch,
- milk-white,
- nonfat dry milk,
- purple milk vetch,
- low-fat milk,
- semi-skimmed milk