milk
To express milk fromTo express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
» There's only a little milk left.
Es ist nur noch wenig Milch da.
Es ist nur ein bisschen Milch übrig.
Молока осталось совсем немного.
Лишилося лише трохи молока.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
The farmer milked his cows.
melken
дои́тьdoítʹ, подои́тьpodoítʹ
дої́тиdojíty, подої́тиpodojíty
add milk to
(intransitive, transitive)To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
дои́тьdoítʹ, подои́тьpodoítʹ
дої́тиdojíty
(intransitive)Of a dairy cow, to produce milk.
(intransitive, rare, transitive)To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.
(transitive)To express a liquid from a creature.
The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.
melken
(figuratively, transitive)To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
July 21, 1877, "The Block in the Courts" in The Spectator They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.
ausschöpfen, ausreizen
дои́тьdoítʹ, выжима́тьvyžimátʹ
To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
(transitive, vulgar)To masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.
Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’s dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.
Examples
1988 sentencesThere's only a little milk left.
Лишилося лише трохи молока.
ruМолока осталось совсем немного.
deEs ist nur noch wenig Milch da.
Can I have some more milk?
Можна мені ще молока?
ruМожно мне ещё молока?
deKönnte ich noch etwas Milch haben?
The glass is full of milk.
Шклянка повна молока.
ruСтакан полон молока.
deDas Glas ist voll mit Milch.
Children should drink milk every day.
Діти повинні кожного дня пити молоко.
ruДети должны каждый день пить молоко.
deKinder sollten jeden Tag Milch trinken.
Give me a glass of milk.
Дай мені склянку молока.
ruДай мне стакан молока.
deGib mir ein Glas Milch.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English milken, from Old English melcan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, ultimatFrom Middle English milken, from Old English melcan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, the same root as the noun. Compare Dutch and German melken, Danish malke, Norwegian mjølke, also Latin mulgeō (“to milk”), Ancient Greek ἀμέλγω (amélgō, “to milk”), Albanian mjel (“to milk”), Russian молоко́ (molokó), Lithuanian mélžti, Tocharian A mālk-.
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Forms
milks, milking, milked, milkedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Food and drink — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- glass of milk
- some milk
- milk a cow
- milk the cows
- drink milk
- buy some milk
- poured some milk
- milk in the
- milk a goat
- how much milk
- drink more milk
- how to milk