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milk

  • n  a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
  • n  produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
  • n  a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
  • n  any of several nutritive milklike liquids
  • v  take milk from female mammals
    Cows need to be milked every morning
  • v  exploit as much as possible
    I am milking this for all it's worth
  • v  add milk to
    milk the tea

  • As every drunkard knows, cold milk soothes seething stomachs.
  • More natural-food devotees are getting their milk directly from the farm.
  • Countless peptic-ulcer patients are put on a bland diet rich in milk and cream.
News & Articles

  • Milk prices staying put for now
    Milk price estimates for 2013 were changed little in the USDA’s latest “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates” report.
    June 12, 2013 - Dairy Herd
  • Officials: Milk tanker crashed near Chobani|
    The driver of a milk tanker headed to the Chobani yogurt plant in Columbus was seriously injured Friday night when the rig overturned while headed downhill on State Route 23 in New Berlin, authorities said Tuesday.
    June 12, 2013 - The Daily Star
  • Milk prices hit hard
    If you were looking for milk-price relief, it is not here yet. The May Class III price took a heavy blow, dropping 94 cents versus April. The move puts the May price back below $10.
    June 10, 2013 - Dairy Herd
Quotes

  • Lance Armstrong in New York Times
    The statement also said, "Landis's credibility is like a carton of sour milk: once you take the first sip, you don't have to drink the rest to know it has all gone bad."
  • Christine Varney in The Associated Press
    We know that dairy farmers are concerned about a lack of choices for buyers as well as how their milk is priced,she said.
  • Dave Prentis in United Press International
    The pounds in local government workers' pockets are turning to pennies,Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis said. "The cost of everyday essentials like milk, bread, petrol, gas and electricity are going through the roof."

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